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A family has been caught on camera feeding bears from their rented lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains, putting the animals and the public at risk. According to USA Today, which published the video, the incident took place in downtown Gatlinburg, which often serves as a base for people visiting nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park. USA Today reports that the clip was shot last week by Michelle Payne, who spotted the group, including two young children, tossing food to the animals. According to Payne, police managed to scare the bears away by sounding their car sirens. However, the animals returned later, illustrating exactly why feeding wildlife is such a problem, however well-intentioned. When wild animals are fed by people, they often lose their natural wariness (a phenomenon called habituation), and are more likely to approach people and settlements in future. This increases the chances of a dangerous close encounter if the animal believes its food source is threatened.

it will survive the apocalypse and will even be able to serve briefly as a boat should the world flood. Well those sailing credentials have been thrown into doubt this week after footage emerged of a Cybertruck stuck on the bank of a small lake. The truck was reportedly the first Cybertruck to make it to the European country of Slovakia. There, it was offering test rides to Tesla fans, reports the Slovak Spectator. While attempting to show off its rugged abilities, the truck was driven into Malé Košariská lake, which is about a 20 minute drive from the capital city of Bratislava. The lake, a popular spot for summer swimming, clearly seemed like a good spot to test Musk’s claims that the Cybertruck could serve briefly as a boat. However, once wheel-deep in the water, things started going downhill for the truck.

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy. As large parts of the Sunshine State’s once-famous citrus industry have all but dried up over the past two decades due to two fatal diseases, greening and citrus canker, some farmers are turning to the pongamia tree, a climate-resilient tree with the potential to produce plant-based proteins and a sustainable biofuel

The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu Sherpa, who led the team of Sherpas, said there could be as much as 40-50 tons of garbage still at South Col, the last camp before climbers make their attempt on the summit.

A shooting in Yellowstone National Park left one park ranger injured and the shooter dead, according to the National Park Service. “There are no active threats to the public,” a park service spokesperson said in a statement to CNN following “a significant law enforcement incident.” “Rangers responded to a report of an individual with a firearm who was making threats,” the statement said. “When rangers contacted the individual there was an exchange of gunfire between the subject and law enforcement rangers.” The shooter died and their identity is not being released at this time, park service officials said. The ranger was reported to be in stable condition after being flown to a nearby regional hospital. The shooting happened at Canyon Village, a cluster of lodges and cabins inside the park, north of Yellowstone Lake and away from the park’s busiest tourist areas. “An area around the Canyon Lodge complex remains closed for the investigation,” the statement added. The FBI is leadin...

At the beginning of the show, fireworks launched into the crowd, injuring several people and sending six to the hospital. One of those hit by a stray firework was Harvey. “It was so weird. I couldn’t hear anything for a minute,” she told ABC4. “Everything just went so quiet, and I looked around at my friends, and I was just like, what do I do?…There was smoke coming out of my mouth, and I could taste it. It was horrible.” WATCH: Fireworks launch into crowd at Stadium of Fire, 6 taken to the hospital Stadium of Fire is an annual Independence Day celebration at Brigham Young University’s LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the third time that Harvey has danced at the event, but it was quite different from other years. Harvey said she and other dancers with Identity Dance Team were standing on the field holding their flags, preparing for their performance to start when the stray firework struck her in the back, knocking her out of place. Surprised, the first thing Harvey did was step bac...

The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons (24,000 pounds) of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season. Ang Babu Sherpa, who led the team of Sherpas, said there could be as much as 40-50 tons (88,000-110,000 pounds) of garbage still at South Col, the last camp before climbers make their attempt on the summit. “The garbage left there was mostly old tents, some food packaging and gas cartridges, oxygen bottles, tent packs, and ropes used for climbing and tying up tents,” he said, adding that the garbage is in layers and frozen at the 8,000-meter (26,400-foot) altitude where the South Col camp is located. Since the peak was first conquered in 1953, thousands of climbers have scaled it and many have left behind more than just their footprints. In recent years, a government requirement that climbers bring back their garbage or lose their deposits, along with increased awareness among climbers about the env...