20 Things You Didn't Know About Wilderness

The great outdoors is good for our overall health, but this precious resource is in danger.

By Jonathon Keats
Oct 2, 2020 3:00 PMOct 2, 2020 2:58 PM
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In a hundred years, wilderness may have vanished — bad news for everything from pharmaceutical research to carbon storage. Slightly better news: Even blighted wilderness can recover, as the megafauna thriving at Chernobyl attests. (Credit: Jgomolach/Shutterstock)

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1. With wilderness covering nearly a quarter of the global landmass, it’s pretty wild out there.

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