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Dogs Need Friends, Too: How Socializing Can Positively Affect Your Pup’s Health

Culture, Environment / 3 min. read

Dogs are man’s best friend, but it turns out they need their own furry friends, too.  A recent study conducted as part of the Dog Aging Project found that a canine’s social support network has the greatest influence on health outcomes, surpassing factors such as finances, household stability, and the age of the owner. The […]

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Two women walk their dogs and communicate.

“Pebble Picassos”: Artist Creates Intricate, Ephemeral Portraits With Stones

Environment / 4 min. read

For the past five years, British artist Justin Bateman has been creating intricate portraits out of pebbles and stones. His work is striking in its level of detail and scale, with pieces ranging in size from 10 square feet to over 80. And aside from a few permanent commissions, they’re all ephemeral — arranged on

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All About Fat Bear Week 2023: How to Vote for Your Favorite Chunky Contenders

Culture, Environment / 4 min. read

Update (10/4/23): The 2023 competition is underway — cast your vote here. Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is home to some of the biggest bears on the planet, and it’s just about time to decide which one is the heavyweight champion of the year.   Launched in 2014, Fat Bear Week 2023 takes place October

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Diver Documents His Heartwarming 2-Year Friendship With a Wild Bass: “My Buddy Beneath the Waves”

Culture, Environment / 4 min. read

There’s an old, well-known adage on friendship: Friends come in all shapes and sizes. For Rex Colubra, that couldn’t be more true. The Wisconsin diver has developed a unique bond with a wild, smallmouth bass he named Elvis. “My closest friend is a fish,” Colubra captioned a November 2022 Instagram post of him interacting with

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From Yellowstone to Yosemite: Celebrate Our National Parks With Free Entrance on These Dates

Environment / 3 min. read

Yellowstone. Yosemite. The Grand Canyon. Denali. These are among the most iconic and beloved U.S. locations that might spring to mind when the words “national park” are spoken. However, these heavy hitters represent just a handful of the more than 400 sites that fall under the purview of the National Park Service. Beyond the iconic

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El Capitan and Merced River in the Autumn, Yosemite National Park.

“Picky” Eaters: Green Sea Turtles Have Been Grazing at the Same Spot for 3,000 Years, Study Finds

Environment / 3 min. read

While we land dwellers may think of the oceans as vast and ever changing, certain areas are permanent fixtures for some of its inhabitants. Case in point: green sea turtles and their seagrass meadows. Though the creatures have migratory mating and eating patterns, they certainly know where home is. According to a recent study, green

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Texas Family Forgoes $100M on Their Sprawling Ranch to Protect a Crucial Ecosystem

Environment / 3 min. read

When Ronnie and Terry Urbanczyk spotted a 245-acre ranch nestled in the wooded grasslands of western Comal County, Texas, three decades ago, it was love at first sight. They put an offer on it and soon moved their family of five from a nearby subdivision into the 600-square-foot farmhouse, envisioning a peaceful life away from

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Whale Wonder: How Blue Whales Made a Big Comeback Off California’s Coast

Environment / 4 min. read

Something big, blue, and beautiful is happening in the waters off of the Southern California coast: Blue whales are thriving again — an incredible comeback many decades in the making.  While blue whales are the biggest animal in the world, weighing up to 330,000 pounds (about the same as an average commercial airplane), they are

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Rare Spotless Giraffe Calves, One at a Zoo and Another in the Wild, Captivate the World

Culture, Environment / 2 min. read

This article, originally titled “Rare Spotless Giraffe Born at Tennessee Zoo Believed to Be the Only One ‘on the Planet,’” was updated on 9/12/23 with the name of the giraffe and information about another one recorded in the wild, pictured above. Giraffes are defined by their long necks and spotted pattern, but one young animal

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