When the director of a recent Ohio fishing competition felt one team’s prized catch seemed suspiciously heavy, he decided to investigate. In front of a group of spectators, he cut the walleye open—and discovered lead weights and fish fillets stuffed inside. Needless to say, the men responsible for the ploy, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky, [...]

When a train loaded with toxic chemicals crashed near East Palestine, Ohio earlier this month and poisoned a local stream, many local residents thought the first few days of cleanup would be the hardest. But now, weeks later, far more sinister after-effects are beginning to appear. And this time, it’s not just fish that are [...]

In Ohio’s Wayne National Forest, December 27 is known as “sinking day.” The makeshift holiday comes just two days after Christmas when forlorn holiday trees begin showing up on curbs across the U.S. Several years ago, the U.S. Forest Service decided to take advantage of all the cast-off greenery and use it to fulfill a [...]

Fall is one of our favorite times to get out hiking and see the changes that happen within nature. While it’s easy to take this beautiful change of scenery for granted, we’ve compiled a list of 32 locations across the country that we think will help remind you just how special this time of year [...]

Fall is one of our favorite times to get out hiking and see the changes that happen within nature. While it’s easy to take this beautiful change of scenery for granted, we’ve compiled a list of 32 locations across the country that we think will help remind you just how special this time of year [...]