Frogpocalypse Now
In South Florida, cane toads are so numerous that they seem to be dropping from the sky. They're overtaking parking lots and backyards, can weigh almost six pounds, and pack enough poison to kill...
Ian Frazier
National Parks Don't Need Your Misty-Eyed Reverence
John Muir rhapsodizing about Yosemite is one thing, but Ian Frazier has had it with people calling their favorite outdoor spots “cathedrals,” “shrines,” and “sacred spaces.” The false piety...
Can Sylvia Earle Save the Oceans?
She's been alone in total darkness thousands of feet down, hovered under a Russian ship as it pinged her submarine, and been charged by huge sharks. But one thing does frighten Sylvia Earle: the dire...
How Dogs Laugh With You, Not At You
What man's best friend can teach us about being content.
Tell Better Jokes
Proven strategies for getting laughs, plus some always winning punch lines
Outward Boundless
A few words on kick-starting a love of adventure
The Last Days of Stealhead Joe
The Deschutes River fly-fishing guide called Stealhead Joe was an angling master with a long list of devoted clients. But as Ian Frazier, who fished with Joe last fall, learned, off the water, Joe’s...
The Tale-Telling Days Are Over
Whatever happened to an outdoorsman’s sacred right to exaggerate? In the age of digitized adventure, the fish that got away is gone forever.
Nature-Bonding with Dad
Outside writers share their thoughts on fatherhood and the great outdoors.
The Longest Yarn
A new film chronicles the classic story of a daring prison break from a Soviet gulag. We dispatched our crankiest critic to weigh in on the somewhat true story.
Who's Your Daddy?
Pay attention, young adventurers—school's in session
City Sanctuaries
Can't skip town this weekend? No problem
Outfoxing the Fox
To catch a caveman like Osama bin Laden, who's at home in some of the earth's most remote mountains, what you really need is a great outdoorsman.
Yo, Frank!
In the unlikeliest of places, in the waters off JFK airport in New York, IAN FRAZIER lands a few big fish with Captain Frank, a guide who matches his passion striper for striper and knows why fishing...
A Kielbasa Too Far
Why do we get sick when traveling in out-of-the-way places? Join IAN FRAZIER, plus some liver flukes, dysentery, and cholera, on an enlightening journey that will make your stomach turn.
