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Thailand National Park Officials Mailed Trash Back to Litterbugs

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Thailand National Park Officials Mailed Trash Back to Litterbugs

Visit Any National Park for Free on September 26—or Volunteer to Help Maintain Them

Yosemite National Park

Visit Any National Park for Free on September 26—or Volunteer to Help Maintain Them

Bird Battle Royale: Acorn Woodpeckers Fight to the Death, and Other Birds Like to Watch

Acorn woodpeckers like to watch a good fight, and scientists aren't sure why.

Bird Battle Royale: Acorn Woodpeckers Fight to the Death, and Other Birds Like to Watch

Take a Virtual Fall Foliage Tour With These Nature Webcams

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Take a Virtual Fall Foliage Tour With These Nature Webcams

Meet Your Home's Microbes in The Great Indoors

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Get Excited for Fall With the 2020 Peak Foliage Map

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5 Ways You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Laura

A volunteer for World Central Kitchen prepares hurricane relief meals.

How to Remove a Tick Safely and Effectively

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New York Just Renamed Brooklyn’s East River State Park After LGBTQ+ Icon Marsha P. Johnson

A photo of Marsha P. Johnson from the 2017 documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.

Wolverine Family Spotted in Mount Rainier National Park for the First Time in a Century

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New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

Blood stars and Acadian redfish lurk near plates and a stove from the Portland.

Craving Nature? Your Gut Microbiome Might Be Responsible

These hikers's gut microbes are running the show.

Beavers on Devon's River Otter to Become England's First Permanent Population in Centuries

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Can You Spot All 10 Differences in These Illustrations of a Lively Park?

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Washington Officials Just Caught Their First ‘Murder Hornet’—Now They Have Less Than Two Months to Find Its Nest

The mug shot of Washington's smallest (but still much too large) criminal.

Go Yell It on the Mountain: Iceland Will Blast Your Scream Into the Wilderness

Iceland's Skógafoss waterfall wants you to wail your heart out.