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WHO WANTED HIM DEAD?

Saturday, June 3, 2023

In today’s newsletter, we try to crack a 5,200-year-old murder case, find out not everyone needs a multivitamin, learn when to intervene with wild baby animals ... and follow Diana Nyad’s incredible swim.

Ötzi the Iceman

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT CLARK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

He was 46 and lactose intolerant. He had cavities, intestinal parasites, Lyme disease, and the world’s oldest case of heart disease.

But that’s not why Ötzi the Iceman died. Call it homicide—the coldest of cold cases. Yet 300,000 people flock each year to see his preserved body (above)—and reseachers are picking up all sorts of clues.

ÖTZI’S ATTRACTION

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Ötiz the Iceman

Ready for your closeup: Ötzi lived and died in the European Alps. His naturally mummified remains, discovered by German hikers in 1991, have yielded insights on early life. Read more.

STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

fireflies

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID LIITTSCHWAGER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Fireflies (shown above in Tennessee) are vanishing. What can we do to help?

She set a distance swimming record at age 64. How?

Not everyone should be taking multivitamins

What happens when you touch wild baby animals? Here's what you need to know

Science may have solved one of the greatest adventure mysteries

How the Zoot Suit Riots shaped modern America

You can’t detox a uterus and other myths busted about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Considering the keto diet? Read this first.

Catching a glimpse of one of the world’s most mysterious wildcats

WHAT IN THE WORLD?

a black bear

PHOTOGRAPH BY DREW RUSH, @DREWTRUSH

Why, hello there! For today’s National Black Bear Day, here’s a black bear Nat Geo Explorer Drew Rush captured via a remote camera setup (which it then knocked over). Where was it?

A. California
B. The Canadian Rockies
C. Yellowstone National Park
D. Suburban Washington, D.C.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Reintroducing Mexican wolves

PHOTOGRAPH BY KATIE ORLINSKY

Your new home: Biologists (in the photo above) prepare to place a captive-born pup into a wild wolf den at the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. Known as cross-fostering, the practice is part of the reintroduction of Mexican wolves to the region. To ensure the wild mother “adopts” the pup when she returns, the biologists rub feces from her pups onto the newcomer so it smells like one of her offspring.

HAVING AN IMPACT

Andressa Scabin

PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDRÉ DIB/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Making it last: Researcher and conservationist Andressa Scabin has dedicated years to the sustainable protection of tropical forests and their inhabitants. The Nat Geo Explorer is preparing for the first scalable, community-led conservation model in Brazil's Juruá River Valley.

Today’s soundtrack: Go to the Woods, Dar Williams

This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Hannah Farrow, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading!

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