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Word from the Smokies: All hands on deck to rehab a rugged and beloved Appalachian Trail section
National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.
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Coral reefs in the Philippines are some of the world’s most vibrant—but in peril
The preeminent dive site in the Philippines is Tubbataha Reefs, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage site in the center of the Sulu Sea. Here I saw barrel sponges large enough for a person to ...
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Climate change’s hidden threat: grief and trauma
Climate change is drying out rivers, supercharging wildfires, raising seas, and altering the seasons as we know them. These disastrous changes to the environments we depend on for food and shelter ...
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What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
Trees began to quake, monkeys shrieked, and birds fled skyward. Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of ...
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What are elephants really ‘saying?’ First-ever library reveals communication mysteries.
This major finding launched her career, and in the 46 years since, Poole, a National Geographic Explorer, has become one of the world’s experts in how African elephants behave and communicate.