Talk to Me
Marine biologist Denise Herzing has spent two decades communing with dolphins off the coast of Florida. Now, equipped with sophisticated devices capable of making the sounds they use to communicate,...
Tim Zimmermann
Author's Bio
Tim Zimmermann is a Correspondent here at Outside, founder and editor of the Adventure Fix newsletter, and author of The Race, a history of round-the-world sailboat racing. He is @Wetass on Twitter, and you can find out more about his work at www.timzimmermann.com.
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Verdict Blocks SeaWorld Orca Shows
A decision made by Administrative Law Judge Kenneth Welsch yesterday in an Orlando courtroom will fundamentally change SeaWorld's killer whale shows.
Shamu Show Smackdown
A decision made by Administrative Law Judge Kenneth Welsch yesterday in an Orlando courtroom will fundamentally change SeaWorld's killer whale shows.
The Kid is Alright
Guinness World Records didn’t recognize Laura Dekker’s accomplishment as the youngest teen to sail solo around the world. Who cares? Her journey was more inspiring than any other nautical teen quest.
OSHA Goes After SeaWorld, Part 2
Is working closely with killer whales in a marine park dangerous for trainers? Our reporter travels to a courtroom in Florida to cover the controversial OSHA-SeaWorld hearing, the outcome of which...
OSHA Goes After SeaWorld
Is working closely with killer whales at SeaWorld dangerous for trainers? At a hearing in Florida, lawyers for OSHA say it is.
Blood in the Water
On December 24, 2009, a 6,600-pound orca killed trainer Alexis Martínez at a marine park in the Canary Islands. Two months later, trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by an orca at SeaWorld Orlando....
The Long Way Back
After Marine Corps Veteran Ronnie Simpson survived an explosion in Iraq in 2004, he threw himself at an audacious goal: to sail around the world, another quest that almost killed him.
It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp
What swims at 20 mile per hour and can carve out hunks of human flesh? The Humboldt Squid.
The Killer in the Pool
Last February, when a 12,000-pound orca named Tilikum dragged his SeaWorld trainer into the pool and drowned her, it was the third time the big killer whale had been involved in a death. Many...
Five Top Twitters
The new yardstick of an athlete's cultural relevance? His following on the rapid-fire social-networking site Twitter. Here's how our favorite stars stack up.
Crew of One
When you race a solo sailboat, no one can hear you scream
On Top of the World
Knocking off adventure firsts is nothing to scoff at. But David de Rothschild plans to use his far-flung expeditions for something else entirely.
Raising the Dead
At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened ...
