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Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area
Behind the remains of a town scorched by fire, the foothills are lush with new green and filled with birdsong. Wildlife is ...
What should the Sutter Buttes be called? A new name has surfaced for the mountains
The tribe would also support the names Spirit Mountain (which translates from another indigenous name for the buttes), Marysville Buttes, Sacred Mountain or Sacred Buttes, the latter of which was ...
I Hiked the Southernmost Trail in Patagonia. Here’s What I Learned.
Battered by Antarctic storms in the southern Andes at the very tip of Chile, I met my biggest mental outdoor challenge yet on ...
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You Have to Experience This Cave Hike in New Mexico For Yourself
While there are over 100 trails throughout the Sandia Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico, there's one cave hike you can't miss.
This 250-Million-Year-Old Reef Became a Mountain in Texas – And It’s Packed With Fossils
Beneath the towering Guadalupe Mountains of Texas lies a dramatic story of transformation. Once part of an ancient sea, the fossilized Capitan Reef now forms craggy peaks and iconic cliffs like El ...
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In Texas, An Arid Mountain Of Fossils Was Once A Bustling Reef Ecosystem
S et a time machine to around 275 million years ago and the Guadalupe Mountains would look like another world. Instead of ...
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In the shadow of Angel Falls: How Auyán-Tepuí sparked my reverence for nature
An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. It’s ...