As far as writers go, you don't find many routinely perched in a canoe floating in the middle of a lake with a typewriter balanced on their knees and a German Shepherd perched at the other end of the boat, but that's how you were likely to find Anne ...
Grand Canyon Bison Hunt Update: Epic Fail, 5 Animals Killed
Update: On Sept. 20, 2021, a highly managed bison hunt began on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the first-ever allowed in the national park. Twelve hunters from around the country were selected to participate in the hunt by the Arizona Game and ...
Gary Paulsen, Renowned Wilderness Author, Dead at 82
Gary Paulsen, the critically acclaimed author of Hatchet, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at age 82. According to NPR, his publisher confirmed his passing but did not give a cause – only calling it “sudden,” according to ...
Michigan’s “Do Not Eat” Deer Advisory Questions Safety of Venison
With deer season on the horizon, Michigan hunters need to heed a new advisory: Do not eat any deer killed within three miles of Clark’s Marsh in Iosco County. This area has been similarly restricted for several years, and while the advisory ...
5 Ways To Avoid a Grizzly Bear Attack and How To Survive One
The sun warms your shoulders as you adjust your pack and make your way down a path strewn with pine needles. It’s only a bit wider than a well-used game trail, perfect for a solitary hike through the backcountry. As you crest the ridge, ready to rest ...
Zara Rutherford, 19, Is Flying Solo Around the World Right Now
Zara Rutherford, 19, is currently on a quest to fly around the world all on her own. She's traveling a wide course that she began in August and plans to complete by early November. The incredible journey will see Rutherford fly over five continents ...
6 Fatal North American Bear Attacks in 2021: Is This the New Normal?
After months of pandemic-enforced confinement, thousands of Americans and Canadians have sought relief this year in the outdoors, resulting in overcrowding at national parks and an increase in human encounters with wildlife. Some people walk away ...
The World Is on Fire: 104 Wildfires So Far in the US, More Across the Globe
More than 100 wildfires have burned a total of 2,428,387 acres in the US as of this week, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Persistent fire-stoking weather conditions continue to feed the flames in 13 states, including Washington, ...
Father-Son Duo Catch Huge, Pregnant Tiger Shark off Florida’s Gulf Coast
Michael Braun and his son, Nicholas, didn't expect to be wrangling a nearly half-ton tiger shark last weekend, but that's exactly what they did on a wild charter fishing trip. Their fish turned out to be one of the largest sharks ever caught off ...
Potential Hammerhead Shark Nursery Discovered off the Coast of Miami
Tourists usually flock to Biscayne Bay for fishing charters, water scooters, and windsurfing, but the vacation destination seems to also be the perfect place for endangered great hammerhead sharks to do some reproducing. A nursery for these ...
Grizzly Bear Lured by Improper Food Storage, Camper Fined $6,000
Close encounters between campers and grizzly bears rarely end well, especially when food and garbage are involved. On July 20, an Idaho woman, Belinda J. Arvidson, was fined almost $6,000 after it was determined she “failed to properly store food and ...
750-Pound Bull Moose Removed From Colorado Parking Garage
What happens when a moose decides a parking garage is its new hangout? Well, for this 750-pound bull, it meant getting a free ride to a new location about 130 miles away. Why? The young animal — estimated to be between 2 and 3 years old — was ...
California Heat Wave Threatens Chinook Salmon Survival
Boiling water and babies never mix, but that’s exactly what’s happening to juvenile chinook salmon in California’s Sacramento River. Extremely high temperatures are creating “abnormally hot underwater conditions” that could result in a “near-complete ...
Search Continues for Suspect Who Decapitated Yellowstone Grizzly Bear
If you stumbled upon a dead grizzly, would you chop off its head and paws? Someone did just that, and state and federal authorities are trying to determine who. In June, a 25-year-old male Yellowstone grizzly bear dubbed No. 394 was found dead ...
Alaska Seeks Volunteers for Moose Roadkill Program
Starting Thursday, you could help clean roadkill moose off Alaskan highways and fill your freezer at the same time. Since the Alaska Moose Federation closed in November 2020, Kenai Peninsula charities and other organizations have been tasked with ...
Solo Kayaker Rescued 6 Days Into 70-Day Trip
It wasn’t exactly smooth paddling for kayaker Cyril Derreumaux, who planned to travel from San Francisco to Hawaii. The solo kayaker was picked up less than a week into his 70-day trip after he nearly capsized in his custom-made kayak dubbed ...
Extreme Weather During Ultramarathon in China Kills 21 Runners
Ultramarathon runner Zhang Xiaotao owes his life to a Chinese herder who was able to provide shelter and warmth during extreme weather conditions that killed 21 of the 172 runners taking part in a race in China's Gansu province. Freezing rain, hail, ...
Alaska Pilot and Hunting Guide Urban Rahoi Dies at 102
After more than 80 years in the air, hunting guide and pilot Urban Rahoi of Fairbanks, Alaska, died last week at the age of 102. The Michigan native lived life to the fullest after flying to the Last Frontier with his wife, Vienna, following his ...
Montana Biologists Stumped Over Brown Trout Decline
Brown trout numbers are dropping across southwest Montana — and biologists don’t know why. Angling pressure, warming water, and the ongoing drought could all be reasons behind that widespread decrease across many of the region’s rivers, but right ...
French DJ Plays First Post-Pandemic Set at Nearly 10,000 Feet
In late April, if you had happened to be in the Swiss Alps at roughly 9,843 feet, you could have heard one of France’s popular DJs — Teho — spin a set. That’s right. French musician Teho went techno on the mountain. With only the Matterhorn, Mont ...
West Virginia Angler Lands New Muskie State Record
All it took was 15 minutes and some major luck for Chase Gibson to land a new West Virginia muskie record. The fishing guide caught the new state-record muskellunge, which weighed 39.6 pounds and measured 54 inches long, on Burnsville Lake on April ...
Washington State Man Charged in Illegal 153-Person Grand Canyon Hike
Many people have struggled with how COVID-19 has kept them cooped up, but did this Washington state man go too far? Authorities say that Joseph Don Mount knew exactly what he was doing when he organized an illegal 153-person hike through the Grand ...
Global Initiative Is Set To Map Big-Game Migration Routes
Every winter, migratory ungulates searching for forage travel distinct pathways ingrained in them since birth, traveling hundreds or even thousands of miles as they move between their summer and winter ranges. Man-made obstacles, such as roads and ...
Alaska Might Close Caribou and Moose Hunt to Nonresident Hunters
A new proposal could close two game units in Alaska to caribou and moose hunting for anyone not considered a subsistence hunter. This Friday, April 23, the US Department of the Interior will hold a public information hearing about the proposed ...
