(Not so ) Cute Animals Whatever your feelings are about god turtles, know that the Yangtze soft-shell turtle, or Rafetus swinhoei, is definitely real. Just very rare. But this year, their known population in Vietnam suddenly doubled. Which brings their population… to two. "Great hero turtleTake your curtain call and fleeBut please leave the sword!" Haiku for Cu Rua Giant soft-shell turtles have played a part of Vietnam for a couple…

Find Your Inner Goddess Buddha, Freud and even Raquel Welch agree: no matter what gender you have (or don’t have), you have a feminine side. And an inner goddess waiting to break out. Read on to find which traits you share with some of the great goddesses of the globe—and where they want you to travel. We’ve all heard the stories of Medusa, Aphrodite, and Persephone — the monster, the…

https://videopress.com/v/5eLhqr8a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Drink Like a Pro October is a great time to drink beer. But are you making the most of your pint? Beer writer and Certified Cicerone (more on that later) Lucy Burningham shares six tips for leveling up your beer drinking. I haven’t always thought of beer as an underdog. But that’s why I became a beer expert. When I moved to Portland, Oregon, from Salt Lake City, I…

Good Travel Things feel a little tense lately. Identity politics is increasingly wedging space between "us" and "them." And writer Kae Lani wonders, do we play destination identity politics in travel, too? “What are you?” I get this question at least once a day from Lyft drivers, store clerks and sometimes friends who have finally summoned the nerve to ask. On most occasions, it doesn’t come from a place of confrontation,…