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In June 2024, the Canadian government lifted the moratorium on northern cod fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador after 32 ...

Going through some photo files from this summer I thought I’d share some photos and info on one of the species I was ...

These are just a few of the stunning wildlife scenes captured in the 2025 Nature inFocus Photography Awards. In the forests ...

A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how ...

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In the Arctic, winter can last for months without a single ray of sunlight, yet life there never completely stops. Beneath ...

It’s in Alaska, and it has a name: Wood-Tikchik State Park. Sprawling across 1.6 million acres of southwestern Alaska near Dillingham, this colossal wilderness area holds the title of America’s ...