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New “Ghost Forests” Are a Sign of Climate Change
Now, at the end of August, you may think that it’s about two months too early to talk about “ghost forests.” But, in fact, they have nothing to do with Halloween—and everything to do
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Bringing Wolves Back to Scotland
The Scottish Highlands have been described as achingly beautiful, and I’d have to agree. In this vast wilderness, glens sit in ancient glacial valleys, striped by ribbons of rivers and enclosed by jagged mountain
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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Afternoon Yawn
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a sleepy fox in Yellowstone National Park. Photographer Tad Sattler and his son
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Traveling Small in the Big Outdoors
Being an inveterate introvert, I avoid large crowds—well, really, even groups of people numbering 15 or more—like the plague. Yet the places that call to me are some of the most jam-packed because they
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New Year’s Day 2019: What Outdoor Place Misses You?
My father never had the “urge for going,” as songwriter-singer Joni Mitchell calls it—the desire to travel. I place the blame for that fact squarely on the shoulders of World War II. As a
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Under the Ice in Antarctica and Greenland: More Future Warming and a Past Cooling Down
If you were asked to name active volcano sites around the world, you’d probably include places such as Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park and Iceland, the country often labeled “the land of fire and ice.”
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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Red Fox in Yellowstone
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a red fox in Yellowstone National Park. As one of photographer Jim
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The National Park Service: Big Wonders in Small Spots
If I asked you to name your favorite National Park Service (NPS) places, you’d probably immediately mention parks such as Grand Canyon National Park, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park and
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