Black bear scavenges at a dump. Photo: Flickr/Mr Emprey As the debate rages over the environmental costs and benefits of oil derived from the tar sands in northern Alberta, wildlife near a major extraction area is already coming out on the losing end. Alberta wildlife officials killed 145…

Journey with us through the watery heart of the largest subtropical wetlands in America: the Everglades. Why? Because it's there—or used to be.

19 of the world’s most talented divers took to Hell’s Gate on Possum Kingdom Lake outside Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this month for the second event in this year’s Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Divers leapt from 90 and 60 feet, and reached speeds of 53 miles per hour…

In late fall 2013, the Yeti Cycles team traveled to Southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains to test their prototype suspension platform. Rider Joey Schusler tested the new bike on some of the most rugged terrain in Colorado before reporting back on what worked and what didn't, and the result is…

 Mountain bike racer turned race director, Cimarron Chacon, put on the 2nd Annual 25 Hours of Frog Hollow this year. No doubt this was the 24-hour MTB event to race this fall. All the fun was happening off-road in Utah. I got a chance to catch up with Chacon after…

A handful of primate researchers believe Sasquatch is real, and they take their search for the creature very—very—seriously.

Where did the myth that a woman’s uterus would fall out if she participated in sports come from?

In 1966, a group of gravediggers in West Virginia reported seeing a flying humanoid figure with glowing red eyes. A year later, a nearby bridge collapsed, killing 46 people. Coincidence? Probably, but who knows.

Week of July 9-15, 1998 Planning a memorable trip to Australia Exploring the “Land of Enchantment” Backpacking in Ireland on the cheap Rafting Tennessee’s Olympic-famous Ocoee River Planning a memorable trip to Australia Question: I will be traveling around Australia for two weeks at…

You might be one of those who people who doesn’t “get” Vegas. The charms of Sin City are completely lost on you, but there’s a conference at Caesar’s, and your company has sent you. Or maybe it’s the location for your buddy’s bachelor party. So you reluctantly pack your bags.