This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a drizzly autumn morning on the coast of British Columbia, a shadowy figure lumbers down to shore. A black bear has ...

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There is no arguing that this has been a rainy summer, but I’ve never let the rain keep me down. Last weekend I had hopes of ...

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From tents that set up in minutes to feature-packed designs that make your home away from home feel almost luxurious, these ...

27—There is no arguing that this has been a rainy summer ... with hopes of walking the Black River State Forest under a gentle ray of sunlight, but my hopes began to sink as I watched a dark, gray ...

PITCH DARK. By Paul Doiron. Minotaur Books. 304 pages. $29. Heavy storms have made much of northern Maine impassible. Streams ...