A 2016 expansion of the Panama Canal helped bigger ships move through the waterway. But it created an unintended side effect: saltwater fish from both oceans are now swimming into the canal’s main fr… [read more]
Scientists make shocking discovery after interviewing fishermen at Panama Canal: ‘We’ll just keep running out of them’
They died ‘doing what they loved’: The stories of workers in their 80s who died on the job
Ralph Scott, who died in 2022, worked at East Carolina University’s Joyner Library for 52 years.Cornell Watson for BI; Courtesy of Jonathan Dembo
Ralph Scott was walking to his office at East Caroli… [read more]
Vintage photos show what life was like in America’s small towns a century ago
Hermosa, South Dakota, 1927.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images
Small mining towns flourished at the start of the 1900s, and many were abandoned by the mid-century.Up until the 1… [+9656 chars]read more
A Grizzly Stole My Son’s First Deer. So We Tracked the Bear Down
This story, The Cyanide Creek Affair, appeared in the June 1970 issue of Outdoor Life.
Get out of the way, kids! I shouted. Its coming down the mountain straight at you!
It was a wounded, somersaul… [read more]
Coast Guard Rescues Missing Boaters off the Coast of Florida
Four family members, including a 90-year-old man, spent nearly 24 hours stranded at sea after their fishing boat capsized off the coast of Clearwater, Florida. When the men didn’t return from their t… [read more]
Officials catch fisherman ‘red-handed’ for breaking serious state laws overnight: ‘He knew that he was caught’
Authorities in New England arrested a Massachusetts man in July for catching and keeping a key predator from the Atlantic Ocean.
What’s happening?
Outdoor Life reported that the poacher illegally h… [read more]
Young boy hospitalized after stunning wild animal attack on beach: ‘It barreled him down again and went again’
Dingoes have been the source of TV punchlines for years. However, the wild canine has been known to seriously injure humans.
That includes a six-year-old boy named Gus who was attacked while fishing… [read more]
Give Venice a break — this nearby Italian town has the canals and fairy-tale charm without the crowds
Treponti BridgeMax Cavallari for BI
Comacchio offers Venice-like canals and charm without the crowds or overtourism issues.The town features tranquil lagoons, pink flamingos, and ee… [+6160 chars]read more
The Coast Guard says it’s seizing more drugs than ever and needs more ships aircraft and people to keep up
USCG HITRON JACKSONVILLE, Florida The Coast Guard is pushing for more ships, aircraft, and personnel to keeppace with the record flow of drugs heading toward the US.
Recent drug offloads from Coast … [read more]
How the China-Japan Rift Could Cost Both Countries
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China and Japan have been locked in a diplomatic spat that could come at a heavy cost to both sides.
On Nov. 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested th… [read more]