Happy Outdoors

The outdoors as a place of skill, discovery, and good news. Happy Outdoors covers conservation wins, outdoor adventure, wildlife, and the people and places making the natural world a little better.

Because the world has enough bad news
FOX31 Denver: Tara Lynn Horse Rescue Has Saved Over 400 Colorado Horses From Slaughter Since 2015

October 13, 2026

Since 2015, Tarolyn Horse Rescue in Elizabeth, Colorado has pulled more than 400 horses from

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Plumes: Animals Go Silent Every Time This Singer Starts to Perform

October 12, 2026

A compilation of animals going still the moment someone begins to sing captures something quietly

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Nat Geo Animals: Flying Squirrels Glow in the Dark, Owlets Mimic Rattlesnakes, and Dolphins Fish With Humans: Nature's Strangest Alliances Revealed

October 12, 2026

A flying squirrel that glows under ultraviolet light, owlets that mimic rattlesnakes to frighten off

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Exploredinary: Thomas Dambo Has Built 170 Giant Recycled Trolls and He's Just Getting Started

October 12, 2026

On a farm outside Copenhagen built entirely from scrap, Thomas Dambo has spent twelve years

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Robuilt: He Turned 5 Acres in Rural New York Into a $6 Million Hospitality Brand Starting at $60 a Night

October 11, 2026

Chris Broomfield spent 35 years building custom homes for other people before buying five acres

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Ghost Town Living: Inside the Big Horn Mine: California's $2 Billion Gold Vein That Will Never Be Touched

October 11, 2026

A 1985 Bureau of Mines report inferred over $2 billion in gold and silver still

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Good News: Amazon Fires Hit a 40-Year Low and 8 More Breakthroughs That Quietly Changed the World This Month

October 10, 2026

Amazon fires fell to their lowest level since records began in 1985, a retinal implant

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Peter McKinnon: Peter McKinnon Chased a Paramotor Around the CN Tower at Sunrise and Nearly Lost the Shot

October 10, 2026

Peter McKinnon spent a full day scouting three Toronto locations before committing to a runway

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Kara and Nate: Kara and Nate Got Their Baby's First Ultrasound in Georgia While Their Bus Was Stuck at the Border

October 10, 2026

Kara and Nate walked into a Tbilisi hospital without an appointment, paid $30.89 for their

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Matt Spears: Matt Spears Rode 100 Miles of Abandoned Idaho Railroad in a Homemade Electric Rail Camper

October 8, 2026

Matt Spears spent two days deep in the Idaho mountains on a homemade electric rail

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Drew Binsky: Drew Binsky Hiked Into the Turkish Mountains to Find Mehmet, a Shepherd Who Has Lived Alone for 17 Years

October 3, 2026

Drew Binsky hiked into the mountains above Antalya, Turkey, with no address and a bag

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Kara and Nate: Nate Clipped a Semi-Truck Mirror at the Georgia Border and It Cost Him $400

October 3, 2026

A retired Colorado school bus, nine passengers, and a spontaneous stop at a bright pink

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