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American cowboy or posturing Trump enforcer?
These people are turning disheartening data into amazing paintings, sculptures, and illustrations
Making your favorite tree or flower reproduce itself is easier than you think
Turns out the former Secretary of the Interior is a total book nerd
To the protectors of Alabama’s swamps, the vanishing of an iconic river creature posses terrifying questions about the water we swim in and fish in and drink.
Most brewers use only a handful of commercial yeast strains. What a waste.
Two new books explore the lengths we've gone to engineer America's most celebrated "wild" resources
This skill doesn't just belong in gymnastics competitions. Use it to clear obstacles on the trail and move deftly around nature's roadblocks.
Here are the experts who helped us name the country's most amazing places
Robin Pecknold was in no rush to follow up his band's 2011 hit indie album. In the six-year break leading up to the band's forthcoming record, he's been hitting trails and waves around the world.
For the first time, a new study from the Ocean Cleanup quantifies how much plastic the world’s rivers are pumping into the sea
When the grind of working in broadcast television pushed Paul Manning to his breaking point he dove headfirst into a passion that could not be more different: falconry.
Upon entering UC Merced, Jessica Rivas applied for the Yosemite Leadership Program. What she experienced during that summer changed the course of her entire life.
Each year millions of visitors flock to the Grand Canyon to witness its magnitude and sheer awe-inspiring size. However, there's a phenomenon that few people get to experience that's called "cloud inversion".
To fully comprehend any of the news surrounding our nation's public lands, it's important to take a step back and understand what exactly people are talking about when they talk about "public lands."
Ever since the 1950s, our books, movies, and songs have contained fewer and fewer references to flowers, birds, trees, and the outdoors. What does it all mean?
A new meetup group is helping hordes of young urbanites get into nature
Ignore the countless images of the super bloom in your Instagram feed—the real miracle of the desert is just how much life it contains
It's hard to shake off the beauty of Indonesia once you experience it and that's how the filmmakers at Diamondsky Productions ended up there for the third time.
Lula Lake has served many used including a sanctuary for Union soldiers, a dumping zone for people's trash, and most recently a protected natural area.
Many assume extreme-sports athletes are, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, suicidal. New psychology research tries to unpack their true motivations.
The Pace of Formation was a goal for Givot Media for three years. Immediately, they were mesmerized by the ever changing landscape and sheer heat that the lava produced
Exhale is a timelapse film highlighting beautiful landscapes across the west.
Mike Dalton and his now-fiancé Emily made a pact in their relationship; travel somewhere new every year. On this trip to Portland, Oregon Dalton had a surprise in store; an engagement ring.
Let’s reduce health care costs by getting outdoors, eating better, and pushing for progressive legislation
When photographer David Gonzales Buendia learned that the expedition sailing ship Barba was looking for a resident photographer he was all aboard.
From the mundane (check the water in your batteries) to the brash (sell your home)
This film is one of the coolest night sky time-lapse films we've seen.
Wildlife Filmmaker Alex Goetz is on a mission. He values wildlife conservation to a degree that he's dedicated his life to it.
After Michael Coleman debuted his last film 'John Muir - Coming Home', Robert Hanna, Muir's great-great-grandson reached out over their mutual love of conservation. They began chatting about a new project which became this film 'The Last Oasis'.
Turns out extending your lifespan is pretty damn easy. Just follow these definitive, scientific, time-tested methods.
Grab a car and a buddy, then check out 40 miles of mysterious, awesome outdoor art installations
The author moved to the United States at eight years old and took her first camping trip soon after. The outdoors became an escape from the stressors of being a new American and a reminder that enjoying nature can be a privilege in itself.
It takes a certain kind of person to willingly stand outside in -20-degree temperatures.
The fight for Standing Rock took the media by storm in November 2016. From cell phones to news cameras, images of violence, protest, and unrest surfaced on every major media outlet.
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 pets. Why the surge?
The Dakota Access protests made headlines, but there’s a bigger war being waged against pipelines across the country that threaten our favorite parks and forests
Paul Hawken presents a bold plan to beat back climate change based on solutions already within our grasp. Do any of them stand a chance?
As Arctic sea ice melts, business for Alaskan passenger ships is booming. Can the fragile region handle the traffic?
Is it time for environmental activists to take a different, more potent approach to mobilizing?
In 1965, Outward Bound took 28 women into the great outdoors to paddle lakes, hike mountains, and catch fish. They forged a bond that's unlike any other.
The premise sounds nice: spend all your time off the grid in a cliffside dwelling with great views. We asked a real hermit what else the job entails.
Every year, the Smithsonian holds a photo contest highlighting some of the best photographs from around the world. Here are our favorite finalists.
Professional musher Aliy Zirkle was prepared for the minus-50-degree temperatures and the brutally long distances of the Iditarod. What she didn't expect was a midnight attack by a snowmobile-riding stranger halfway through the 1,000-mile course.
The same people and organizations we admire for protecting our wild places also have a history of being apathetic—or plain antagonistic—toward issues of race and social justice
Florence Williams has been writing about the tangible benefits of getting outdoors for years. Presenting the best of what she's learned.
Our devices are increasingly taking us out of reality, even when we're in nature. Here's how to get back into it.
Watch as resident Instagram expert lays out his tips to make the most of the medium.
Behind the scenes with the producers who spent thousands of hours in the Himalayas to capture first-of-its-kind footage of four snow leopards
Watch as resident Instagram expert Jakob Schiller lays out his tips for editing your photos for Instagram.
As a biologist and photographer, Aidan Maccormick spends much of his time visiting distant places far from home. All the while, like most of us, his home turf was unexplored and calling to him.
The fiberglass menagerie before you is made up of 34 animatronic beasts, created for Spy in the Wild, a Nature miniseries on PBS in which cameras disguised as animals embed with the real beasts for an immersive take on the nature documentary.
House Bill 621 is dead, but 622 would do much to undermine protections for our most treasured public lands
On Kauai, residents worry less about whether genetically-modified food is safe to eat and more about what the pesticides used to test them are doing to their bodies. In an excerpt from his new book, 'Food Fight,' the author hits the ground to find out just what's happening.
The Army Corps of Engineers has been directed to grant the final easement that stands in the pipeline’s way, presenting the Standing Rock movement with its first real challenge
In honor of Outside's 40th anniversary, we're selecting our all-time favorite gear, advice, accomplishments, and people. To kick things off, we picked the most memorable places in the world.
Every gun sold gets taxed—and those taxes go directly to wildlife and land conservation
'Chasing Coral,' a new film premiering at Sundance, chronicles the desperate adventure of documenting the most imperiled ecosystems on earth
Most of us hit the outdoors seeking calm and quiet, but Chuck Thompson prefers to blast a little 38 Special by his campfires. Still, even a rustic headbanger like him has to wonder if the coming age of total connectivity in otherwise wild places is good for bees, beasts, and man.
He's spent the last three years chronicling the lives of couples who have swapped mainstream society for rare kind of freedom
Has a young Dutchman found the solution to all that plastic in our oceans?
The greatest gift a parent can give is teaching their kids to dust off and keep going
When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska—be it a sea otter, polar bear, or humpback whale—veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call. Her necropsies reveal cause of death and causes for concern as climate change frees up new pathogens and other dangers in a vast, thawing north.
With the weight of the entire U.S. Government bearing down on them, the Gwich'in people gather together to restore their unified heartbeat.
We’re going to make your first smart decision of the new year a quick and easy one
Meet the Japanese farmers and hunters defending their homeland from the ruthless hogs that—by the way—may have wandered over from Fukushima
Staring down a grizzly, setting off explosives, acting onstage—all these activities were part of Red Bull’s Performance Under Pressure camp. I went for a week and came away a different, more mindful athlete.
If posting to your feed is an act of love, these parks had the most adored vistas of the year
Between a Grammy nomination and prepping for a 2017 tour, musician Scott Hansen spoke with us about his obsession with the outdoors
Was it the time travelers, the jaguar people, or the song from Pocahontas? All I know is that, as my exploration of psychedelics grew from a few campout mushrooms to full-on ayahuasca ceremonies, I felt better than I ever had in my life.
Trained collectors are trekking into remote parts of the Southwest in hopes of discovering hardy new hops that can withstand warming temperatures
What environmentalists hope to accomplish before the 44th president leaves office
When Pete Rojwongsuriya set out on his trip to Ecuador, he thought he'd spend a maximum of 2 weeks. But what he found, far surpassed what two weeks of travel would allow.
The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to block the Dakota Access Pipeline arrived just as internal tensions threatened to fracture Standing Rock's Oceti Sakowin camp
Wolf howls, bird songs, crickets, frogs—soundscapes contain clues to not only what's going on around us but also who we are.
In Baltimore, a newly mandatory Outward Bound program brings together police and local kids to take steps toward easing tensions
In 'The Unnatural World,' journalist David Biello argues that while humans have gotten Earth into a mess, we also have the power to fix it