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North Face Co-Founder Bought 2.2m Acres Just to Protect It
Most billionaires leave their mark in concrete and steel towers bearing their names, resorts cut into mountaintops, skylines altered in their image. Doug Tompkins left his mark in wind and water. He spent his fortune not on building, but on keeping things exactly as they were buying 2.2 million acres of wilderness simply so no…
California’s Yurok Tribe Wins Ancestral Lands Back That Were Taken Over 120 Years Ago
What if your family had been locked out of your ancestral home for over a century—only to be handed the keys back after generations of waiting, fighting, and hoping? Along California’s mist-shrouded Klamath River, that’s exactly what happened for the Yurok Tribe. Once stewards of nearly half a million acres of land, the Yurok lost…
Humans Have Only Seen 0.001% of the Seafloor
Imagine trying to understand the entire planet by studying a patch of land no larger than a single neighborhood. Now, imagine making life-or-death decisions for that planet based solely on what you learned from that sliver of earth. That’s essentially what humanity is doing with the deep ocean. Despite covering more than two-thirds of our…
Men Who Felled 150-Year-Old Tree in Just Three Minutes Found Guilty and Face Brutal Sentence
It takes just a few minutes to fell a tree, but sometimes the echoes of that act can reverberate for generations. Along a rugged stretch of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England once stood a lone sycamore, gracefully cradled between two hills as if placed there by design. For nearly two centuries, it watched over the…
A Jawless American Alligator Has Been Spotted in Everglades
What would you do if you lost your upper jaw? For most animals, such an injury would spell a swift end—no way to feed, fend off threats, or navigate the demands of the wild. And yet, in the murky waters of Florida’s Everglades, a jawless American alligator has defied that expectation, gliding silently through its…
Government Buys Grand Teton National Park Land For $100 million To Protect From Developers
In a move that could reshape the future of one of America’s most iconic landscapes, the federal government has secured a prime piece of land within Grand Teton National Park for a staggering $100 million. This decision isn’t just about acquiring acreage—it’s about protecting an untouched stretch of wilderness from the looming threat of private…
Self-Medicating Gorillas Use Same Antibacterial Plant As Traditional Healers
In our relentless battle against the growing menace of drug-resistant bacteria, an unexpected ally has emerged from the dense forests of Gabon: the wild western lowland gorillas. As researchers delve into the rich tapestry of biodiversity within these forests, they are uncovering intriguing overlaps between the flora consumed by these majestic apes and the botanical…
A Group Of Panama Monkeys Have Entered The Stone Age
In a surprising twist of evolution, certain monkey species are demonstrating behaviors once thought exclusive to early humans. Across remote regions of Brazil and Panama, capuchin monkeys have begun using stone tools, marking an unexpected milestone in their development. This discovery has sparked a whirlwind of curiosity and debate among scientists, suggesting that our closest…