Rich Carey/Shutterstock Do you think Florida is wild now? of course you do. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to share so many stories of Florida people’s anarchy in pubs. But try to imagine Florida in the 1970s. The Sunshine State was a completely different place, but no
While travelers tend to focus on national parks, large crowds can easily put off prepared adventurers. Fortunately, there is a wide open option beyond terra firma. Consider marine protected areas (MPAs). While the US claims 85 million acres of national park land, it has over 750 million acres within those MPAs. Essentially an aquatic version
The ocean floor has barely been explored, but each journey into the depths reveals wondrous new life forms. As underwater mining gathers pace, we risk destroying one of Earth’s last great forests By Jakub Mikanowski. Read by Lincoln Conway
Published on June 18, 2026 11:07 am At least three people have drowned, and another one drowned, amid historically massive flooding in June off the California coast. 100 have been saved. Now, officials are urging beachgoers to exercise more caution. National Weather Service (NWS) with beach threat Counseling In effect in parts of California through
Cruise ships have spent the last two decades getting bigger. Freedom Ship wants to make them look smaller. symbol of royal caribbean Off the Seas can carry approximately 7,600 passengers and has enough restaurants, pools and attractions to make some vacation resorts seem incomplete. Yet even that floating giant looks surprisingly small when you put