From a young age, the ocean provided relief from mental illness, something I've been unable to replicate with any other form of nature. It turns out, there's a science behind why some people prefer water.

Last year, mountaineers Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez summited K2 without supplemental oxygen

Surfers Against Sewage and Hydro Flask set out to end plastic pollution on England's beaches

Here's how to use Gaia GPS to save your route so you never get lost again

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, three Chinese teams reached the top of the world

According to a new analysis by the Center for American Progress, his administration has removed or is attempting to remove protections from areas of public land equivalent to the size of Florida

The Navajo Nation has the highest known rate of coronavirus in the country. The scale of the tragedy can be traced to a long history of denying the tribe's legal right to water access.

A group of eight researchers from China just summited the mountain with the sole mission of getting the most accurate measurement to date of the world's tallest peak

The pandemic has shut down the most polluting industries around the world and turned us all into more adaptable consumers. That still isn't enough.

Filmmaker Eric Hanson describes a harrowing account of how serious flash floods can be

'Rising from the Ashes' follows the scientists studying the summer steelhead resurgence in Washington's Elwha River

'Vision's Path' profiles mountain biker and trail builder Henry Lanman​​​​​​​ on his quest to create the ultimate trail

Where to go, what to bring, and---most importantly---how to make it fun

The problem is a global one, but individual actions still matter

'Dear Humanity' is a celebration of the earth's beauty and a call to action to protect it

Invasive pythons wreak havoc on Florida ecosystems, and each year the state Fish and Wildlife officials hold a competition for amateur and professional hunters to see who can round up the most reptiles

In this film from Morgan Maassen, he profiles two-time world longboarding champion Honolua Blomfield

Organizers of the popular Grinduro California gravel event wanted to do better than its 15 percent non-male participation rate. So they set aside spots for women, femmes, and trans and nonbinary people, and sold out in four hours.

Dennis Sizemore has been thrown by a grizzly bear and traded gunfire with poachers, but that hasn't stopped him from doing conservation work around the globe

For Warren Doyle, who has thru-hiked the trail nine times, it comes down to mental—as much as physical—preparedness

In the South, a series of hostels have welcomed hikers, defying trail closures and guidelines. They say they're acting on behalf of their communities.

In this segment, freeride mountain biker Kurt Sorge does what he does best: huck exposed lines from steep peaks

A deeply personal story of one rider’s painful saga—and what we can all learn from it

Why are two outdoor industry giants lending their support to a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump Administration's assault on clean air standards? It's good business.

Emigrant Gulch, just north of Yellowstone National Park in Montana's Paradise Valley, is the proposed site of a new gold mine

You can't stop what you can't see happening

Rugged, high-clearance, all-wheel-drive vehicles are great for getting out there—but at what cost to cyclists and pedestrians?

I was biking home when you barreled into me with your car and left me to die

Being involved in a crash with a driver while on a bike or on foot is bad enough, but the trouble doesn’t always stop when you get yourself to safety. Navigating the justice and insurance systems afterward can also be an ordeal.

The Scottish Highlands are filled with weaving singletrack that mountain-biking guide Chris Gibbs has been riding for years

If you're planning on having a fire, you need to know how to put it out correctly

COVID-19 is going to limit and slow relief—and increase the importance of personal preparedness

As every seasoned traveler knows, the most meaningful trips are the ones where everything goes wrong

As most of the world stays indoors for days on end, we're all feeling varying degrees of cabin fever. Here's how to make sure you come out of it OK.

This video from Red Bull follows mountain biker Carson Storch riding a course set up alongside Mount Washington's cog railway

Planning a camping trip once this whole pandemic thing is over? You'll want to have a campfire.

The North Pacific right whale has been spotted only a handful of times in 60 years. A marine biologist from Seattle wants to change that.

A quarantine against the world worked once for the Gunnison Valley. Can it again?

In this film from director Brian Kelley, Carl Casey explains what a champion tree is and some strategies he uses to find them

Help keep trails open by not abusing them

The massive global demonstrations planned for its 50th anniversary were canceled. Luckily, there's still plenty that environmentalists can do from home.

I watched 40-plus hours of thru-hiking vlogs. These are the ones that are worth your time.

Super tuskers are a highly poached population of elephants that are known to have ivory tusks that drop to the ground.

The military's toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation's finest soldiers.

On going back to the mountains after a traumatic accident

Jason Cajune is a second-generation boatman building wooden dories in Livingston, Montana

This year's most at-risk rivers, the Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi, provide water for millions of people in the Midwest

Be prepared for every obstacle, and save a ton of money by making your own equipment and learning how to fix your stuff when it breaks in the backcountry

A crew of daring twentysomethings had a half-baked plan to canoe through the jungle. Not surprisingly, they ran into all sorts of trouble.

A slab of snow fell and trapped her in a streambed in a place where few skiers dared to go

In 1962, climber Maurice Horn completed the first ascent of the iconic Naked Edge route in Colorado's Eldorado Canyon

Lessons from Wendell Berry, Wallace Stegner, and my neighborhood trees

The National Park Service’s Public Health Department warns of dire consequences to employees and communities if parks don’t close immediately

In Oregon's Clackamas County, a fight between a sheriff and an elite search and rescue unit reveals how local politics can collide with recreational safety for residents and visitors alike

There's something about swimming that makes us feel very much alive—even as we enter an environment where the risk of death is all around us

A checklist of essential skills, concepts, and definitions

It hasn’t been this dangerous to ride a bicycle on American roads or streets in 30 years

“You could pull this thing out of a flooded basement, rip it open, and start filtering water immediately,” says MSR Product Developer Owen Mesdag

'The Swift Campout' proves that a four-day bikepacking trip in Idaho is readily accessible, especially in a landscape like this

As we confront the reality of COVID-19, the idea of living self-sufficiently in the woods, far from crowds and grocery stores, doesn't sound so bad. Lynx Vilden has been doing just that for decades, while teaching others how to live primitively, too.

'Last Moments of Recall' follows skiers based in Canada's Chic-Choc Mountains as they tour the birch forests of Gaspésie National Park

We all want to go outside right now. But in the midst of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, how do we do so safely and responsibly?

Walking away from the adventure of a lifetime is hard, but it makes coming back to it especially rewarding. Here, five thru-hikers share their stories of failing and coming back for more.

The coronavirus package is a missed opportunity to take meaningful action on carbon emissions, putting us decades behind on climate action

The economic catastrophe resulting from COVID-19 will have surprising and lasting impacts—good and bad—on endangered wildlife

This film, from the Flylords, examines how the women who fish in Martha's Vineyard have rallied around their collective identity

My grandpa served in the Army's tough-as-nails Tenth Mountain Division during World War II. After the war, soldiers from the Tenth pioneered the rambling mountain lifestyle I live today. Every year, I ski to remember him.

Is it tone-deaf to talk about climate right now? Or is this an opportunity to tackle major global problems in tandem?

A harrowing backcountry rescue at 11,000 feet exposes the precarious situation first responders are in thanks to the coronavirus pandemic

Social distancing is a prime opportunity to discover the nature in our own backyards and redefine our idea of what's wild

With the public distracted, Secretary Bernhardt is advancing environmental harm

Yes, getting outside is good for anxiety, but you should think twice about crowding backcountry trailheads and risking getting hurt

We were already worried enough about the climate. So with COVID-19, how do we cope with a brand-new feeling of helplessness?

How to recreate responsibly and safely through the COVID-19 pandemic

A robbery was the last thing anyone ever expected in to the remote outpost of Longyearben, Norway