Scientists and public health experts continue to be concerned about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). They are saying it is something the general public should be afraid of, and worry it’ll become the next pandemic. This virus typically infects birds, including poultry used for meat and eggs, and there’s a current outbreak that has affected close to 150 million birds. Due to culling policies in the United States and abroad, the bird flu has also devastated farms since 2022. Scientists are also now concerned that they have detected the virus in mammals in recent years—including dairy cows and…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. Wildlife filmmaker Jake Davis of Jackson, Wyoming found an elk carcass that generated images and stories the ages. It’s a six-by-six bull elk that he initially saw on a snow-covered hill near his hometown in February. One day the bull was standing near a road with flesh ripped from its neck and flank. The next day it was dead under an evergreen tree.  Davis knew if wolves had caused the injuries, they’d be back so he set a camera trap. He staged 10 professional-grade…

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LYMAN, DONETSK REGION- “I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive. It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a major Russian target since the start of the war. The town had been a nearly impenetrable fortress, and the Russians expended an extraordinary collection of men and armor trying to capture it. Adamov usually packed explosives into ready-made metal containers, but the unit had run out. So, after finishing snacking on…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. As Backcountry Hunters & Anglers mobilizes a nationwide “Flood the Lines” day on Wednesday, June 25, and as Western congressmen and women come home to cranky neighbors, the movement to kill the provision to sell public lands has hit high gear. Political insiders now say there’s a real chance the intense opposition to the bill that requires the sale of 3 million acres of federal land in the West could result in it being pulled. Or, it could threaten to tank President Trump’s entire…

This article was originally published by Michael S. Milano at The Mises Institute. In the serenity that privacy affords, we choose the facets of our lives that we wish to leave untouched by the world. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in his Olmstead v. United States dissenting opinion, famously described privacy as “the right to be let alone.” But at a deeper level, privacy is a safeguard for liberty. It’s a pillar of decentralized institutions and a foundation of free societies. For anyone who harbors ideologies that deviate from those deemed “acceptable,” privacy is not merely a luxury but a necessity. For everyone…

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday for a brief hearing after an appeals court handed President Donald Trump a key procedural win.U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer put off issuing any additional rulings and instead asked for briefings from both sides by noon Monday on whether the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil, is being violated in Los Angeles.Newsom said in his complaint that “violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is imminent, if not already…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet is my favorite type of gun. It isn’t one I need, but it sure as hell is one I want. This 8-shot, double-action revolver exists to provide pleasure, nothing more. Any practical task you devise for it can be better accomplished by some other firearm. But this wheelgun doesn’t play by the rules of cold logic. It is…

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier will deploy next week to Europe, as a growing conflict between Iran and Israel wages on.The carrier Gerald Ford is expected to depart Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, next week and travel to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations — a component of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa that encompasses the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding areas — according to a defense official.The carrier is embarking as part of a regularly scheduled deployment, and the move is not in response to rising tensions in the Middle East, according to the official.RELATEDThe Ford will…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A revolution is well underway, but it doesn’t have anything to do with immigration, tariffs, or AI. Instead, it’s a quantum leap in the thermal imagery technology, deployed in that backwater of hunting that takes place at night.  As companies both miniaturize the size and increase the capabilities of their thermal sensors, image-correcting software, and high-resolution displays, the amount of digital technology packed into a…

The Defense Department terminated the contract with HomeSafe Alliance, the company hired to manage military moves, citing its inability to perform the work, officials announced Wednesday.HomeSafe had been awarded the Global Household Goods Contract, worth potentially up to $17.9 billion over nine years, to implement a new process for moving service members’ and their families household goods.The contract was terminated due to HomeSafe’s “demonstrated inability to fulfill their obligations and deliver high quality moves to service members,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in an announcement Wednesday.Although HomeSafe will be ceasing operations, company officials said they will complete all moves currently…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news and cutting-edge gear reviews. A video showing a bald eagle and a red fox tussling over a striped bass carcass is making the rounds on social media after a Maryland man recorded the skirmish in his backyard and posted the footage on Instagram.  Casey Holland, a mortgage loan officer from Earlville, Maryland, woke up to a wild show on the morning of June 7. Just behind his kids’ swing set, a red fox and a bald eagle were squaring off for dibs on a pile of fish that…

The Naval Sea Systems Command engineering directorate has streamlined a manufacturing process to allow for the 3-D printing of parts for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Recent NAVSEA guidance allows waterfront engineers to use additive manufacturing, better known as 3-D printing, to produce vessel parts and components classified as low-risk — meaning parts that are not vital to the safety and function of the ship. The parts were manufactured for the guided missile destroyer Arleigh Burke — the lead ship of its class — by the Spain-based Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota in collaboration with Spanish allies. “We have…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The Jacksonville-based boat Nikki Bella was trolling for marlin late in the day on May 29 far offshore Venice, Louisiana. They were entered in the Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic, when a large blue marlin took a live 5-pound blackfin tuna they were using for bait. “The fish was huge, and I fought it for over two hours,” angler and boat owner Mark Padgett tells Outdoor Life. “We got it in about 11 p.m. Then we packed it in ice, roped its mouth shut, and stowed it…