Happy Outdoors

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Planet Wild: Bristol Is Building a Wildlife Corridor Through Its City Center, and a Baby Seagull Already Found It

September 24, 2026

Bristol is building a wildlife corridor through its city center using floating wetlands made from

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MOLLY DIXON: Fishing With 8 Crocodiles Watching: Molly Dixon's Wild Nights in Kakadu National Park

September 23, 2026

Molly Dixon spent two nights alone in Kakadu National Park, home to more than 10,000

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Open Planet: The Klamath River Salmon Came Back 200 Miles in Year One - And That's Just the Beginning

September 22, 2026

Four dams came down on the Klamath River and within the first year, salmon traveled

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Kara and Nate: Inside Transnistria: The School Bus That Rolled Into a Country That Technically Doesn't Exist

September 19, 2026

A retired Colorado school bus carrying nine Americans rolled past a Russian tank into Transnistria,

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SB Mowing: Troy Survived Two Brutal Falls at Work. Then Spencer Showed Up With a Lawn Mower and a GoFundMe

September 19, 2026

Troy survived two serious falls at work, lost both parents in four years, and watched

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Sandtastic Travels: Crystal Mountain's Silver King Backcountry Run Is Not for the Faint of Heart

September 18, 2026

Reaching Silver King at Crystal Mountain means hiking above the resort boundary before dropping into

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Lucas T. Jahn: 7 Weeks, 6,000 Kilometers: One Road Trip Through All of Wild Scotland

September 16, 2026

Lucas T. Jahn spent seven weeks driving 6,000 kilometers across Scotland, from the Mull of

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Lucas T. Jahn: Lucas T. Jahn Drives 4,000 km Around Ireland and Finds a Country That Tries to Blow You Off Every Mountain

September 15, 2026

Lucas T. Jahn spent four weeks driving 4,000 km around Ireland, from a sixth-century monastic

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Lucas T. Jahn: 6 Weeks, 8,000 km: This Sweden Road Trip Will Make You Want to Leave Everything Behind

September 14, 2026

Lucas T. Jahn spent six weeks and 8,000 km driving the full length of Sweden,

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Benjamin Kellett: Flying and Camping Across the Indian Himalaya for 4 Days With Only a Paraglider and a Pack

September 14, 2026

For four days, Benjamin Kellett flew and camped across the Indian Himalaya from Bir, carrying

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Ghost Town Living: He Thought His Mining Claim Had No Gold. A Fire Assay Just Proved Him Wrong.

September 14, 2026

Brent spent a year pulling rock from a legally claimed mining site and walked away

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Red Bull: 100 Homemade Planes Take the Plunge at Red Bull Flugtag and the Results Are Pure Chaos

September 13, 2026

One hundred homemade aircraft launched off a pier at Red Bull Flugtag, and the results

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