March 2, 2026

Hiking

After Hurricane Katrina evacuees changed Houston and the city changed them

HOUSTON When Jermaine Moore needs a haircut, he looks for barbers from New Orleans. At a Shaving Grace barbershop in the southeast Houston area, he’s found one.
“New Orleans barbers cut different,” … [read more]

Brothers set new record for 9000-mile Pacific row

Steven McKenzieBBC Scotland News
The brothers started their challenge four and a half months ago
Three brothers from Edinburgh have claimed a new record for rowing non-stop and unsupported across t… [read more]

Saving China’s finless porpoise from the brink of extinction

Stephen McDonell
Watch: Endangered porpoises at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, China
Chinese scientists are in a battle to save one of the last large animal species living in the Yangtze R… [read more]

Experts make alarming discovery after analyzing species for over 2 decades: ‘Evolution in action’

Overfishing in the Bornholm Basin over the last several decades has made eastern Baltic cod shrink in size.
What’s happening?
As Mongabay observed, a June 2025 study by GEOMAR stated that eastern B… [read more]

16 books like Rebecca Yarros’ ‘Fourth Wing’ to read while you wait for the next ‘Empyrean’ novel

Fans of Rebecca Yarros can read other romantasy books while they wait for the next “Fourth Wing” book.Blue Box Press/Penguin Random House
Rebecca Yarros released the third book in the “Empyr… [+16677 cread more

The COROS NOMAD has impressed me as a more fun Garmin Instinct 3 rival

COROS has launched a new outdoor fitness watch for hikers and campers with dual-band GPS, 22-day battery life, and offline maps. Having tested the COROS NOMAD out myself, I can happily say that it’s … [read more]

How long tubes of mud could reveal how Antarctica is changing

Victoria Gill, Kate Stephens and Gwyndaf Hughes
The researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic Peninsula
Why would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and … [read more]

Florida beach cities ‘ghost towns’ local businesses down 30% this summer. Has the Sunshine State lost appeal forever?

With over 825 miles of sandy beaches, Floridas reputation as the perfect summer holiday destination has always been considered unshakeable. But this year, some business owners along the coast say the… [read more]

Woman astounded after capturing footage of massive ocean creature: ‘It was beyond a size that I could actually comprehend’

A British Columbia nurse and her colleague were graced with the presence of a rare sea turtle while fishing from a boat off the coast of Haida Gwaii.
As CHEKNews.ca reported, they successfully captu… [read more]