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We're still killing the creatures with the biggest brains on the planet—to make dog food

A High Sierra search for climbing registers, the voices of climbers past

Daniel Duane floats and fishes Alaska's healthy waters, glimpsing paradise regained

No, and don't hold your breath: The family vacation is fading fast

Jim Malusa hit bottom on six continents, saving the drop into Death Valley for last

Southern California set the nation on the path to bicycling bliss, then detoured. But smogville could still become a velotopia.

The new world of corporate environmental officers

On the Arctic's ephemeral terrain, polar bears teach humans to survive

Has Wal-Mart warmed to eco-responsibility?

These Seattle students don't know much about their school's iconic namesake, but they learn to share the bearded white guy's love of the wild