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If you’ve noticed more people biking in town over the last year or two, it’s not just in your head. Biking has exploded during the pandemic, with millions of Americans mounting bicycles for ...

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Bringing with them the languages of their homelands, immigrants newly arrived by ship at Ellis Island await official ...

Twenty-four-hour neighbourhood festivals, a nine-mile-long street party and a whole year of revelry — Amsterdam is pulling ...

As a cloud of destruction approaches, all the creatures in its path scramble desperately to get out of the way—fleeing for their lives. However fast they go, they can't outpace it. It looms ...

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Louisiana’s wetlands are being lost to sea level rise, leaving eerie "ghost forests." Where does ecotourism fit into the recovery plan? Lake Verret, part of the Atchafalaya River Basin, is home ...

Despite being one of the most photographed natural spaces in the world, stories of the Okavango Delta are rarely told by local talent.

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