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Wildlife, Fungi, and Planet Earth: The Ultimate Love Story

Humans and wildlife have foraged mushrooms for food for eons. Humans have also used fungi medicinally to great effect (think penicillin). However, there are some more nuanced and, frankly, far more interesting ways animals and fungi interact.

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Hotels We Love: The Radical Hotel

Do you love art? It’s what Asheville is famous for – alongside the city’s incredible outdoor adventures. And since you love art and adventure, you might like to know about The Radical Hotel, a newly-opened option where art is imbued into every experience.

The walls of the interior are lined with graffiti, some old and some new, an homage to the building’s former lives. Even the options for food and drinks are artful: the on-site culinary experience is helmed by Jacob Sessoms, a James Beard semifinalist with an illustrious fine-dining background who is often credited with supercharging Asheville’s food scene.

And each room is decorated with eclectic furnishings that provide a cohesive, easy-on-the-eyes aesthetic. It’s the perfect room for relaxing after a long day exploring the great art, culture, and outdoors that Asheville has to offer.

Wildlife Photographer Captures Confrontation Between Two Wolf Packs in Yellowstone

The gray wolf population has steadily increased over recent years with efforts to protect the endangered species. One place that has seen conservation efforts pay off is Yellowstone National Park. More than 100 wolves now call the park home.

Taylor Rabe, a wolf technician and wildlife photographer who works in Yellowstone, captures the wolves on hunts and their daily lives. Recently, she managed to snag videos of two separate packs meeting in confrontation.

100 Years of Yosemite Being Absolutely Stacked with Traffic

Photos recently shared by Yosemite National Park’s social media team show that traffic in the park has been a problem for nearly 100 years. A recent explosion of outdoor-focused tourism has brought more people to the park than ever before. However, the traffic and parking headache in the park is apparently nothing new.

The post on Instagram begins with a quote from 1927 that reads, “The Summer of 1927 has clearly demonstrated that parking is one of the most urgent, menacing problems of the entire Yosemite Valley.”

The quote from Don Tresidder, a president of the Yosemite Park and Curry Co., came from the opening of Highway 140, which remains a main corridor. The road was built to make access to the park easier as it avoided treacherous mountain roads. Officials say in the first year of the road, the number of cars doubled to 137,000.

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Featured Guide: The Best Camping Flashlights You Can Buy Right Now

Some of the best parts of camping happen after dark. Cooking up a campfire culinary masterpiece or finally getting some quiet reading time can make a day of hiking worth the effort. If you forget your flashlight or find out too late that the batteries are dead, a fun camping trip can turn rustic in a hurry. That’s why we don’t just grab a light out of the junk drawer and call it a day; we pack the best camping flashlight we can get our hands on.   

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