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Last week, a judge ordered homeowners to remove their controversial hut from a Washington ridge. Why? To protect the view.
The first short film from More Than Just Parks, this video is an incredibly stunning journey through Olympic National Park. The culmination of a month of backpacking, 500 miles traveled, and 50,000 photos and videos taken, this short film showcases the park’s glacial mountain…
There are many threats to the 50-year-old Wilderness Act. But the most dangerous, Kenneth Brower says, comes from those who are chipping away at the very idea of wilderness itself.
Jonathan Field is a Canadian Cowboy who takes an “ancient approach” to raising the animals he loves. Watch Field describe his methods in this short clip from the Red Bull-sponsored documentary Harmony with Horses. A short from Salazar Film. …
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Pete McBride and Vital Films put together this stunning visual tribute to some of the most treasured areas in the U.S. …
Explorer Daniel Fox has paddled some of the world's wildest places in search of images that can reconnect us with nature—but not humanize it. His startling Wild Image Project brings wildlife up close and personal, asking viewers to reconsider their relationship with the environment. "Nature is raw, rough, cruel, pretty, beautiful, inspiring, but above all, a humble experience," Fox says. And that's a great thing.
The hours are long, and the work can be dangerous. But animal care workers, the unsung heroes devoted to the health of mammals at SeaWorld and other marine parks, have unrivaled access to the animals—and the challenges of captivity. Here, three former employees go on the record about their experiences.
Ernest Moniz talks to Outside about radioactive waste, SuperTrucks, dazzling solar arrays, southwestern breakfasts, and a trout stream that has to remain top secret.
More than four years in the making, Mission Blue is legendary oceanograpgher Dr. Sylvia Earle’s eye-opening wake-up call to save the ocean. Directed by Fisher Stevens (“The Cove”) and Robert Nixon (“Gorillas in the Mist”), the film follows Dr. Earle on her global quest…
North Carolina State University wants to sell off Hofmann Forest for $150 million. Is that such a bad thing?
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964, the federal law is a milestone in conservation and has been used to preserve over 100 million acres of wilderness. This special segment of…
In the half-century since the Wilderness Act was passed, almost everything has changed. All the more reason to go wild.
Artist Cory Trepanier’s journey to the Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve was a month of awe and wonder in 22,000 sq kilometers of raw Canadian wilderness. The first chapter of his TrueWild project, he skied and camped in part of the largest non-polar ice field on earth, canoed on remote lakes…
Namibia's desert elephant population is dwindling—so why are they handing out hunting permits?
A down-and-out polar bear in Argentina could use a change of scenery. Is it too late?
Wind power may have faded as an energy alternative, but a Google-backed startup is poised to revive the industry.
The true, tragic, and improbable love story between a handful of Navy scientists and the small cetaceans they believed held the keys to mastery of the oceans.
Three plane fuselages in a Montana river might seem like a problem, but there’s more to the accident than meets the eye.
Pet-friendly American suburbs make ideal habitats for skunks, and populations of the bushy-tailed moochers have exploded in recent years. Time to investigate an outbreak that's bringing the wrong kind of funk to summer nights.
Footage from Mark James’ original encounter with Bam Bam the Bighorn Sheep. These clips made Bam Bam YouTube famous and certainly the most well-known Bighorn on the Internet. Read the full story here. …
Public land isn’t always protected. Common Ground, a RED REEL film and an official selection of Mountainfilm in Telluride 2014, examines what happens when a community battles with the idea of proposing more wilderness while protecting heritage, tradition, and a way of life. …
It's not easy to swim with sperm whales: they're hard to find, hard to reach without adequate diving experience, and they just might swallow you up if you get too close. But how else are we going to crack their complicated language system? A group of rogue freedivers takes the plunge.
The Navy showed us it's possible, but is our most abundant natural resource a practical energy solution?
Activists have brought down five proposed dam projects on two Patagonian rivers. What does this mean for one of the world's wildest and most iconic regions?
On March 28th, 2014, the Morelos Dam on the Arizona/Mexico border was opened, and a "pulse flow" released—an experiment in ecological restoration. It worked: For the first time in 16 years, the Colorado River ran free all the way to the Sea of Cortez. Intending to paddle the river to its natural terminus, writer Rowan Jacobsen and photographer Pete McBride assembled a crew they dubbed "Team Delta Force." Their goal was to complete the first ever standup paddleboard (SUP) descent of the Colorado. This gallery highlights their historic journey, and you can read about the entire journey in Outside's July issue.
It's been more than 50 years since the Colorado River regularly reached the sea. But this spring, the U.S. and Mexico let the water storm through its natural delta for a grand experiment in ecological restoration. As the dam gates opened, a small band of river rats caught a once-in-a-lifetime ride.
A story about an American icon, environmental displacement, and slob behavior by the human race
Newly prescribed pollution limits are sure to push coal further out of the U.S. energy mix—but overseas demand might help keep coal cranking stateside.
Wolf Carr is a beekeeper from Portland Oregon, and the owner of Wolf Honey. A short profile piece from Juliet Zulu about the importance of following your passion and doing things you love. Read the full story here. …
The first county in the United States to outlaw fracking has an idea that could give environmentalists the upper hand—and deliver a major setback to big oil.
Chelsea and Hillary Clinton have teamed up to confront a new challenge—protecting the heavily poached African elephant.
Last year, a lone wolf became the first to enter California in nearly a century. Now, with his own Twitter feed and a new mate, he's kind of a big deal.
Amid the worst drought in California’s history, does the fate of the state’s salmon rest on weeding out the illegal marijuana farms?
Green biz expert and author of The Big Pivot Andrew Winston says that how much we buy and consume may not be the root of our environmental woes.
The Little Things is a non-profit snowboard movie/documentary project based on environmentally-conscious riders who are inspirational through their riding, as well as their sustainable ways of living and thinking. The film is an initiative taken on by professional snowboarder Marie-France Roy and directed by Filmmaker Darcy Turenne in which…
In the Sundarbans region of India and Bangladesh, some of the world's last wild tigers roam free and ravenous. An expedition to film these elusive predators is tricky business. You may not see them, but they almost certainly are watching you.
Felt Soul Media and Patagonia’s most recent project will premiere in March at SXSW. Dam removal is no longer the work of a fictional Monkey Wrench Gang. It’s real, upon us, a cornerstone of the modern environmental and cultural movements.
A showdown at a Utah canyon pits ATV users against the BLM. But the real operators in public-land disputes are out of view—and out to use sportsmen to advance their cause.
Asgeir Helgestad is a photographer from Norway whose wildlife imagery seems to step inside the world of the animal. In this profile video from Red Digital Cinema, Asgeir explains why he chose to become a wildlife photographer and what he hopes to convey through his work. …
Some climate scientists argue that it's getting warmer faster at high altitude. And that could spell disaster for mountaineers.
That fancy exfoliating wash cream you just dropped a bundle on? It may be full of "microbeads" and mucking up some major waterways.
Some in congress want to change a bill that allows presidents to designate national monuments. Should we care?
America’s Most Endangered Rivers, the 2014 list from American Rivers.
Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mark Bittman and other mega-celebs lend a hand to the new Showtime series, Years of Living Dangerously—where Hollywood meets wake-up call.
For the first time in years, water is returning to the parched Colorado River delta. Peter McBride prepares to launch.
Bites from lone star ticks have been blamed for causing red-meat allergies.
South African Johnny Olivier was just looking for an easy job to pay the bills. But after agreeing to help a buddy collect lion bones for an international wildlife-trafficking kingpin, he found himself in the middle of an unprecedented poaching scheme that involved imported sex workers, heavy gambling, bags of cash, and the slaughter of more than 30 rhinos.
Here's the good news and the bad news: You won't have to worry about sunscreen or getting pitched into the river.
Conservations want the iconic animals to roam free once again. But many ranchers believe rewilding is a really bad idea.
A new study indicates that climate change will bring the disease, and the bugs that carry it, previously uninfected areas.
Rumbling tankers, military ops, oil and gas exploration—the ocean's turning into a noisy mosh pit and it's having a devastating effect on precious marine habitat
Portland, OR is known for its abundance of massive trees, and this is the story of some of the adventure-loving arborists who care for those trees. Get to know Jim Meyers and his team at Hedgehog Tree Care In this profile film from Juliet Zulu. …
Doomsday preppers have been working themselves into a frenzy way (way!) ahead of the Yellowstone supervolcano's next eruption
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after being absent for almost 70 years, their presence had an astounding effect on nearly everything in the park. Writer and Environmentalist George Monbiot explains the impact they had in this video from Sustainable Man. …
Every couple of months, 68-year-old Ed Zevely rides into the Colorado high country to camp for weeks at a time—and he does it completely alone. Through thunderstorms, open meadows and treacherous passes, he finds his own patch of serenity. Far from the modern world, it’s a place where the only…
A rare ice bridge between Isle Royale National Park and the mainland offers a lifeline to the island's dwindling wolf pack.
A consortium of wildlife advocates, NGOs, and investigative journalists have developed a website through which witnesses can report poaching and illegal logging—without risking their own lives.
Tapping satellites, birders, sensors, and park rangers, eco-crusaders are turning massive data sets into powerful tools to help the planet.
A handful of primate researchers believe Sasquatch is real, and they take their search for the creature very—very—seriously.
Thousands of protestors are rallying against a shark-killing program following a spike in fatal attacks, but supporters include some surfers.
An interesting series of photographs and motion on the cold taking hold of things. A project by Maxim & Katia Mezentsev.
A group of divers in the UK has a run in with some very curious seal pups. Shot in the Farne Islands with GoPro’s by Jason Neilus.
A popular performing orca may get listed under the Endangered Species Act. Her freedom rests on the decision.
Help this film on Kickstarter! Georgia, Alabama and Florida are locked in an epic battle over the fresh water from their once bountiful rivers. They call it the “Water Wars.” It’s a conflict once unthinkable in the deep green South. But is it all about high-stakes politics and legal action?…
Let's just say the dry spell means much more than an epically awful ski season.
In summer 2010, photographer James ‘Q’ Martin and conservation biologist Chris Kassar started an organization called Rios Libres. The organization uses multi-media to join the fight to protect the wild lands of Patagonia from proposed dams that threaten two of the most pristine rivers in one of the world’s…
A warming habitat—and a changing Antarctic landscape—have forced the iconic wobblers to take to high ground, ascending precipitous frozen cliffs in the process. But how is the question.
A compilation of the aurora borealis from late August to mid-November 2013. The scenes where mainly captured in the areas near Nordreisa, Troms, Norway by Level 4. See also: “The Northern Lights Have Never Been Better”…
At Ioda, we love what we do enough that it’s easy to get lost in our work. We understand the importance of creating things and telling stories that transcend our daily “to-do” lists. That is why trips like this are so important. A project from Ioda Media.
Each spring on Costa Rica’s desolate Caribbean coast, endangered leatherback sea turtles come ashore at night to lay and hide their eggs. Poachers steal them for cash, and as Matthew Power reports, they’re willing to kill anyone who gets in their way.
Subfocus Film brings some amazing wildlife photography to life.
A new book, DEEP, digs into the science and emotion swirling around climate change and how it will impact the ski industry.
There are endless twister videos out there. These are the man-eating, building-splintering best.
Filmmaker and photgrapher John Weller spent nearly a decade shooting in Antarctica. The Last Ocean documentary and photo book are the result.
The new Interior Secretary has an impressive résumé. Oil geologist, banker, president of REI. But today's Washington is a landscape without maps, and in this age of climate change and keystone, the major battles are taking place over at the EPA and State. Is greatness still possible at Interior?
In the past two months 7 wild orcas have been captured in the Sea of Okhotsk for the purposes of stocking aquariums and water parks. These are the first wild orca caught in more than a decade, making it clear that Russian fishermen are earnest about reviving the wild capture trade.