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I Was a Bad Dog Owner. Don’t Be Like Me.

Pet adoptions have spiked during the pandemic. Now is the time to change outdoor dog culture for the benefit of people, public lands, wildlife, and the dogs themselves. → Read More

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This New Field Atlas Is Unexpectedly Optimistic

With 'The Forests of California,' naturalist and artist Obi Kaufmann aims to deepen environmental literacy. He also argues that this cataclysmic time is an opportunity. → Read More

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Meet the World's First Solo Female Travel Writer

Ida Pfeiffer sailed the oceans, trekked through jungles, and scaled peaks, becoming one of the most famous women in Europe in the early 1800s. → Read More

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The Nature Program Getting City Folks Outside

For some, outdoor spaces are a given. For others, there's Outdoors Rx. → Read More

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A Guide to the Best Meal Delivery Services

The next generation of mail-order meals is on the rise—and they require no cooking. → Read More

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Open Up and Say Awe

Nature’s healing power may be in its ability to blow our minds → Read More

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The National Park Service Is Your New HMO

If time outside is good medicine, then the National Parks, which see some 330 million visitors each year, might just be the country’s most important health care provider → Read More

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The Insurers That Pay You for Time Spent Outside

A growing number of insurance carriers are encouraging us via cold, hard cash to get after it in nature → Read More

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How Finding Rare Plants Saved Ynes Mexia's Life

Late in life, Ynes Mexia became one of the early 20th century’s great botanical collectors. → Read More

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The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone

Mary Austin wrote about the Mojave as brilliantly as John Muir wrote about the Sierra. Why was she forgotten? → Read More

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There Are Still Reasons to Limit Your Kids' Screen Time

A new study prompted misguided reports suggesting that digital technology is just fine for kids. It isn’t. → Read More

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The Early Female Aviators Who Changed the World

Nearly a century ago, a small group of women pilots flew terrifying early airplanes, broke flying records, and raced—and beat—male pilots in air races. → Read More

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The Suicide Clusters That Threaten Mountain Towns

In 2017, the suicide rate in Durango, Colorado, was three times the national average. After 32 deaths in two years, the town's leaders banded together and instituted a range of changes with the goal of stopping the contagion. Their efforts may help other mountain towns to put an end to the grim "suicide belt" moniker for good. → Read More

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One of the First Female Alpinists Was a Victorian Lady

Lucy Walker was the first woman to summit the Matterhorn and the Eiger—in a billowing dress—but nearly vanished from history. → Read More

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How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman

Wilma Rudolph won three Olympic golds and was among the first athletes to use her celebrity to fight for civil rights. → Read More

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This Seamstress Conquered Bike Racing in the 1890s

Cyclist Tillie Anderson came out of nowhere to shatter records, dominate her competition, and earn the world champion title during the late-19th-century women's racing craze. → Read More

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What We Can Learn from Climbing's Bullying Saga

Pro climber Joe Kinder lost his job for harassing fellow pro Sasha DiGiulian on Instagram. Where do we go from here? → Read More

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The Bohemian Heiress Who Shattered 19th-Century Taboos

Aimée Crocker sailed across the Pacific, narrowly escaped murder in the jungle, and trounced the sexist and racist norms of her day → Read More

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Runner Lauren Fleshman on How to Master the Side Gig

It’s hard to make a living from just one thing. The champion middle-distance runner, cofounder of Picky Bars, coach, and mother of two lets us in on how she juggles it all. → Read More

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The Inuit Woman Who Survived the Arctic Alone

Except for the polar bears, a corpse, and a small house cat named Vic, Ada Blackjack found herself alone on Wrangel Island in late June 1923. Nearly two years had passed since a schooner dropped her off with four young white explorers who intended to claim the Arctic isle for the British. → Read More