Photos of Jilotzingo, Mexico
Travel articles Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Kyle, Face: Bedbug Bites Pictures of bedbug bites by real people bitten by bedbugs. Tips for Backcountry Snow Riders During National Safety Awareness Week It's National Safety Awareness Week, Jan. 17-23, and several of the ski resorts around the country are offering programs about safety awareness on the slopes and in the backcountry. On... New York City Lights Up for the Holidays Few urban settings capture the spirit of Christmas, Chanukah and New Year's than New York City, which even received a fresh layer of snow over the weekend. The city's most... Travel and Teenagers, a Great Combination You may not know this, but we are serious fans of vertically-gifted actor Liam Neeson. But after his recent statements about travel, we're downright devoted. Case in point: "American parents are too over-protective. If kids traveled a little bit more and saw more of the world, there'd be a lot more tolerance of other cultures, nations, and countries.
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