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Two Osprey Chicks Brilliantly Survive Bald Eagle Raid (One Does Not)
The Audubon Society has a livestream of an osprey nest in Hog Island, Maine, where this spring viewers were delighted to see the parents, Steve and Rachel, hatch three adorable osprey chicks. After a bald eagle attack earlier this month, they are down to two chicks, because nature could not give the...
National Parks, Ranked
This is a barren time in the sports calendar. We are in a desolate trough between the international intrigue of the Olympics and the drama and nonsense of football season. I’m goddamn bored. Coincidentally, the National Parks Service turns 100 years old today. Unlike late August, the National Parks ...
How To Climb A Goddamn Mountain
In 1924, when the New York Times asked George Mallory why he was going to make his third attempt to scale Everest, he infamously, if apocryphally, answered, “Because it’s there.” It’s a fantastic reason to climb a mountain, pithy and cavalier, the kind of thing every man wishes would be inscribed on...
How To Take Your Kids Backpacking
I am unable to take a vacation. I go on vacations, but the idea of just sitting around doing nothing is pure torture. On our honeymoon, I made my new bride go on a canoe trip, which ended poorly when I paddled her directly into a scraggly bush overhanging the riverbank. Our first fight as a married ...
Watch "Nature Boy" Ric Flair Attempt To Pump Up The Cleveland Crowd
On a day when we mourn the death of one of Ric Flair’s biggest rivals, the “Nature Boy” himself took the court during a first-half time out to try and pump up the crowd at Cleveland’s arena. He still has it... some of it. “WOOO!” ...
Who Would Win If A Hippo Fought A Rhino? A Question For The Ages.
This morning, in the Deadspin staff chatroom, we found ourselves debating whether a hippopotamus or a rhinoceros would win in a head-to-head battle. Since the question wasn't settled there [even after, like, six hours—ed], Albert Burneko and Greg Howard have decided to air the question in a public ...
Ballsy Mockingbird Pesters A Much Larger Hawk
This mockingbird doesn't care about the size of that hawk, or that it could shred the twerp up in five seconds if it wanted to. The bird version of Cortland Finnegan just keeps agitating its much larger "friend." ...
Want To Watch A Hawk Attack A Water Balloon In Super Slow Motion?
Of course you do!...
POV Footage Of Falcons Hunting Is Better Than Most Action Movies
Suzanne Kane, a researcher at Haverford College, found an accurate and thoroughly thrilling method to track a falcon's hunting strategy: strap a camera to the bird and study the results. With the help of some falconers, Kane compiled awesome footage of some falcons taking down prey. Thanks to YouTub...
How To Make Bourbon Bread Pudding While Also Making Yourself Drunk
I want you to sit down for this, because a revelation like the one I'm about to share might cause you to collapse from shock and I would hate to bear the blame for your bruised tailbone: In order to make bread pudding, you'll need bread....
Jackasses Topple 200-Million-Year-Old Rock Formation
"Jackass" is a strong word. Watch the video and see if you don't think it's the only possible one....
Please Enjoy This Gallery Of Amazing Bear Photos
Today is a very special Bear Friday. Reader Jeffrey Crofts recently went on a trip to Alaska to hang out with bears. Knowing how much we love bears, Jeffrey sent along the following note:...
What Flying Looks Like, From An Eagle's Perspective
Fuuuuuuck me this is cool. So cool....
Sports Radio Caller's Rant Interrupted By Falcon Attack
Tim from Irondequoit was all set to go on a rant about Mario Williams's mental fortitude when he called into the John DiTullio Show on 1280 WHTK, but the conversation took a sudden turn when Tim's backyard played host to a scene from a nature show. "Oh, jeez!" Tim exclaims. "I tell ya what, a Peregr...
Here's What You Would See If A Grizzly Bear Was Eating Your Face
Biologist Brad Josephs recently planted a GoPro camera out in the Alaskan wilderness, hoping to capture some up-close footage of bears for a BBC nature show. He ended up getting much more than he bargained for. ...
Did You Know? Deer Fight Like Idiots
Mike Simundson, a photographer for Keloland TV, captured this deer fight in a Sioux Falls, S.D., park last week. The technique: slap the shit out of each other and slowly back your opponent into a set of bleacher seats. You'll never lose another deer fight again....
Deadspin Nature Moment: Right Now, There Is A Hawk Hunting Rats Outside The Office
Craggs came back in and said there was a hawk outside, looking at the rats. He was flustered, because Craggs does not do well with nature. People followed him out onto the fire escape and there it was, perched on the fire escape of the Bowery House hotel behind our building, right beside a mop hung ...
Moose Chasing Someone Skiing? Moose Chasing Someone Skiing.
Sometime around Christmas, somewhere on a slope at Sugarbush, a ski resort in Vermont. Moose chasing someone skiing....