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Groundhog Day weather predictions in 1975.
hunting

When Groundhog Was on the Menu in Punxsutawney

From picnics to club dinners, the critter has a long culinary history in Pennsylvania.
Diana Hubbell February 1, 2022
A peacetime rendition of the pheasant salad sandwich.
Gastro Obscura

Pheasant Salad Sandwich

South Dakota's unique contribution to World War II soldiers.
Greenville, Mississippi

Holt Collier Gravestone

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.
The King and Queen's Knots
Stirling, Scotland

The King's Knot

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.
Newhouse Room
Galloway, Ohio

Trap History Museum

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.
A crew tackling the massive of task of dissecting a whale in Antarctica circa 1935.
animals

Over 200 Years, Humans Have Hunted Some of Antarctica's Animals Almost to Extinction

"We left the dead things, raw and meaty, lying on the beach," one sealer recalled.
Daniella McCahey and Alessandro Antonello December 8, 2020
Aimoldir Dayanbek proudly displays her champion eagle at the 2020 Sagsai Eagle Hunting Festival.
animals

How a Young Eagle Huntress Kicks Butt at a Kazakh Tradition

10-year old Aimoldir Dayanbek is out there beating grown men.
Winnie Lee December 4, 2020
This artist's rendition shows an ancient huntresses in action.
hunting

Reintroducing the Big-Game Huntresses of the Ancient World

Men hunted, women gathered, right? It's a lot more complicated.
Luke Fater November 30, 2020
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

Daniel Boone Homestead

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue
A view of the stone under the new oak tree.
Minstead, England

The Rufus Stone

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.
London, England

Rules

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
A mutually beneficial arrangement.
tunnels

What a Viral Video of a Coyote and Badger Says About Interspecies Duos

Sometimes they're buddies. Sometimes it's strictly business.
Jennifer S. Holland February 10, 2020
ancient technology

Ancient Hot Pots Helped Hunters Survive the Siberian Ice Age

16,000 years later, they still contain traces of cooked meat and fish.
Matthew Taub February 3, 2020
Overhunting led to smaller and smaller walruses, until the Viking colony on Greenland became unviable.
vikings

How Vikings Hunted Themselves Off of Greenland

Even marauding Norsemen can be guilty of entrepreneurial overreach.
Isaac Schultz January 15, 2020
A cultural fire in Martu country, Western Australia.
fire fighters

How Aboriginal Hunting and 'Cool Burns' Prevent Australian Wildfires

The current crisis has pushed the country to consider cultural burning.
Reina Gattuso January 14, 2020
The Newfie appetite for bologna is helping control a destructive moose population.
food

Why Newfoundland Is Turning Its Moose Into Bologna

And salami. And pepperoni.
Darcy Rhyno January 3, 2020
The cord and unfinished longbow found on Ötzi, who was killed in Europe's Ötztal Alps over five millennia ago.
mummies

Drawing a Bead on a Mummy’s Ancient Arsenal

Ötzi’s 5,300-year-old hunting kit could offer clues about how life was lived in Copper Age Europe.
Isaac Schultz December 31, 2019
"The Men of Ness," after a completed hunt in 1972.
islands

The Gaelic World’s Last Great Bird Hunt

Just 10 men are permitted to hunt and pickle 2,000 young seabirds on a desolate island each year.
Luke Fater September 27, 2019