The year's most dramatic story of a bear attack offers potentially lifesaving lessons for anyone venturing into the wild

Behind the headlines about the return of great whites to Cape Cod is a story about how we're learning to live alongside a terrifying predator

Making your own custom map will change how you adventure.

After a climbing partner became ill, high winds stranded Yev Krasnitskiy and his team on the upper reaches of Mount Rainier for five days with no way to go but up

The clock is winding down. Don't dwell on summer's missed opportunities—make new ones.

Why one California couple chose to stand and fight an inferno

Overwhelmed by crowds of people sleeping in their vans and trucks, outdoor dream towns are taking actions that could end a way of life

When a father of two was shot through his tent in the Southern California park last year, the murder revealed a mysterious trail of previously unpublicized incidents that had happened nearby—and sparked a $90 million lawsuit.

Contributing editor Kyle Dickman recaps his harrowing snakebite tale in this animated short

Wes Siler on proven dog-recall training techniques

The science is clear, right? Not so fast, according to, well, science.

This is what nightmares are made of

Want to go into the woods without disturbing wildlife? The first step is to learn how to move silently.

The photographer and filmmaker died Wednesday while attempting a flight near his home in the Eastern Sierra

The explorer’s crossing of Antarctica put him in the spotlight. His skill in presenting himself to audiences hungry for vulnerable heroes will keep him there.

The Canadian almost-astronaut is making a name for herself as a new kind of space-nerd-of-all-trades

What happened when one writer looked beyond the open road, the staged snapshots, and the hashtag

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are searching for Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, suspects in the murders of three people on remote highways in British Columbia. The teenagers are alleged to have spanned one territory and at least five massive provinces, leaving burning vehicles in their 2,000-mile-long wake before plunging into the Canadian backcountry.

The man who took the most shocking Everest photo of the year is about to break one of mountaineering's stoutest records

Want to see some animals next time you're outdoors? Here's how to adapt knowledge from hunters to general wildlife viewing.

The jet was flying through the famous Star Wars Canyon when it went down. The NPS says some visitors may have been injured.

A 24-year-old woman drowned while attempting to reach the abandoned bus made famous by Christopher McCandless

On August 21, 2017, people from across the U.S. turned their eyes toward the sun as the entire country was treated to a solar eclipse

Before you drop all that money on a full gear package, take some advice from the experts on where and how to save

Ida Pfeiffer sailed the oceans, trekked through jungles, and scaled peaks, becoming one of the most famous women in Europe in the early 1800s   

In the fall of 2018, the 26-year-old American missionary traveled to a remote speck of sand and jungle in the Indian Ocean, attempting to convert one of the planet's last uncontacted tribes to Christianity. The islanders killed him, and Chau was pilloried around the world as a deluded Christian supremacist who deserved to die. Alex Perry pieces together the life and death of a young adventurer driven to extremes by unshakable faith.

A few of the world's best cliff jumpers got together at Abiqua Falls, Oregon, to push their limits on the 102-foot drop

When you spend months each year in the backcountry, things are bound to go wrong eventually

After running for her life from a knife wielding attacker, Sheryl Powell disappeared on Friday, July 12. Monday, she was found alive.

From earthquakes to fires and floods, here are savings on the supplies you need to survive

One crazy night in Bridger-Teton National Forest with hundreds of people who just want to find the horns that elk have left behind

Stay safe in the wilderness and shave down pack weight with this customizable setup

These days, a bad fall or hospital visit can cost you thousands of dollars. But new on-demand accident insurance for adventurers gives you backup.

The harrowing story of a too-close encounter with a Canadian black bear

'Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker' features cyclist Benjamin Johnson​​​​​​​ as he bikepacks through the Andes

Hopefully you don't get charged by a bear in the first place. But in a worst-case scenario, here's what to do.

A Wisconsin truck mechanic has has endured hundreds of snakebites in a quest to immunize his body. Scientists think he might have found the cure.

After a crash, skier Roy Tuscany created the foundation to support other athletes who'd suffered life-changing injuries

For decades, herpetologist William Brown has studied a thriving population of timber rattlers in upstate New York. And somehow he's convinced locals that having venomous neighbors underfoot can be a glorious thing.

What to do if one of these bloodsuckers finds its way onto you or your dog

After Kyle Dickman nearly died from a rattlesnake bite in Yosemite, he began a quest to understand what venom really does to us

We cover the necessities, plus a few extras and friendly pointers

The recipe for Wes Siler's perfect night outside: a dog, a knife, a steak, and a campfire.

These five important knots can serve you well on your next outdoor adventure.

The surprising answers to two critical questions that every adventurer has: What do you after you find buried treasure? And what can't duct tape fix?

Since 2000, Tim Friede, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin, has endured some 200 snakebites and 700 injections of lethal snake venom—all part of a masochistic quest to immunize his body and offer his blood to scientists seeking a universal antivenom. For nearly two decades, few took him seriously. Then a gifted young immunologist stumbled upon Friede on YouTube—and became convinced that he was the key to conquering snakebites forever.

If you're going to be outside, get yourself a good weather-radar app and learn how to use it

Don't rely on convenience stores and junk food to fuel your miles

This gear shop owner moved from Nebraska to Wyoming's Wind Rivers for a smaller salary and higher cost of living. She wouldn't change it for the world.

Sure-footed tips for when the going gets steep

Step one: know the conditions and whether fires are actually allowed where you're camping

Step one: don't break it. But if you do...

What's really behind all the recent cougar conflicts

Gear, classes, and other resource recommendations for those who want to get far, far out there in the winter

The wall won’t just separate two nations, it will sever the connection between a community and its native flora and fauna

Snorkel in hand, a Polish photographer plumbs endless powder accumulations in the Hokkaido backcountry

This film, ‘A Nordic Skater,’ from filmmaker Paulius Neverbickas showcases Per Sollerman’s quest for the perfect piece of black ice.

Since 1999, aging park ranger Bill Wolverton has hacked and chainsawed his way through more than 40 miles of Russian olive trees.

After he broke his back in a 480-foot fall, the BASE jumper's life changed. Now he's rediscovering how to catch air by throwing backflips in a sitski.

Tactic, a training facility in Bozeman, Montana, teaches Wes Siler how to survive a grizzly bear attack

The definitive guide, built upon real-world experience

After a mental-health breakdown, Mexia grew obsessed with plants in her fifties and became one of the early 20th century’s great botanical collectors

Watch Travis Kauffman describe the incident in his own words

We were skeptical—until we learned the gruesome details from the scene of the attack

Take our advice and don't become a statistic

Bomber tie-downs and secure hitches to have in your repertoire

With affordable snow safety and touring clinics by day and music, events, and films at night, it's a winning formula

For decades Jeffrey Lendrum helicoptered up and rappelled down to aeries on cliff faces from Patagonia to Quebec, snatching unhatched raptors and selling them, investigators believe, to wealthy Middle Eastern falconers. This week in London, one of the most bizarre criminals in modern history goes on trial for the fourth time. Here is his story.

We reached out to outdoor expert Yong-Soo Chung, founder of Urban EDC Supply, to give us a few tips on how to sharpen a pocketknife

Soul-sucking whiteouts and not enough food stymied the polar explorer’s best efforts

Three epic adventures you can give any outdoorsperson

Justin Alexander went searching for higher meaning. No one expected the quest to end in a search for his body.

This is the trailer for ‘A Land Shaped by Women,’ which explores gender equality in Iceland.

The renowned polar explorer is on a solo, unassisted, and unsupported South Pole speed record attempt

A few tips and tricks to keep you comfortable and your trailer in working order when the mercury drops and the snow starts to fall

When 60-year-old Tim Watkins disappeared on a stretch of singletrack outside Colorado Springs, no one suspected that the truth of how he died would rip the community apart

What happens when America's most fabulous advice columnist fires up her polka-dot car and hits the road to ask total strangers about love and cleaving in a bunch of tiny towns called Eden? Let's just put it this way: Paradise is Regained, and John Milton himself would have said, “Oh. My. God.”

This film aims to answer the question of why these athletes push themselves to the outer limits. 

Richard Carr, a retired psychologist who had long dreamed of sailing around the world, was in the middle of the Pacific when he started sending frantic messages that said pirates were boarding his boat. Two thousand miles away in Los Angeles, his family woke up to a nightmare: he might be dying alone, and there was almost nothing they could do about it.