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The key is to go all out on the things you feel comfortable doing
From Alabama to Wyoming, we found the best off-grid sites for chilling out, escaping the hordes, and finding adventure
Two friends abandoned promising careers to pursue a bold adventure. It went terribly wrong—but also right.
Researchers have identified an alarming lack of books about Black children in nature. Diversifying your bookshelf can help kids find themselves in literature—and the outdoors.
A serious exploration of a topic that a lot of people don't take seriously
With stormchasing tours more popular than ever, our writer set out to discover why this risky pastime is once again taking off
This will be the best $10 you ever spend. Trust me.
Artist Jackson Stell is crafting music that captures the ecstatic feelings we have when we venture into the natural world
As RV rentals and purchases continue to skyrocket, these three startups are going beyond the basic rental scheme to be more on demand, millennial focused, and remote-work-friendly
The marine biologist wants us all to start asking a new question: What does the future look like if we get it right?
For more than three decades, Paul Knapp Jr. has taken travelers out into the Caribbean Sea to hear humpback whales. Now seismic blasts threaten to silence their songs.
Technology and hyper-anxious parents were destroying one of the last bastions of unfettered childhood long before the pandemic closed camps for the season
Creating a shelter in nature is fun, encourages creativity, and offers an emotional refuge from the pandemic
Two documentaries, 'Big Fur' and 'Stuffed,' set out to show that this sticky-fingered branch of natural history is full of beauty and wonder. Do they succeed? Our reviewer, who knows a lot more about the subject than he ought to, says yes.
With more than a hundred 11,000-foot peaks, five glaciers, and some 150 alpine lakes, Colorado's most popular park has served as an idyllic backdrop for some of our writer's bigger life moments: it's where he proposed to his wife, where his kids earned their first Junior Ranger badges, and where he said goodbye to someone special. While you'll be among 4.7 million visitors who visit every year, there's something personal to be found here.
'Going Nocturnal' gives us a glimpse of the annual hatch of a giant mayfly and the large trout that emerge at night to feed on them
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book 'Leave It As It Is,' nature writer David Gessner examines the iconic conservation legacy of Theodore Roosevelt and unpacks the perception that the national parks and monuments he created were previously untouched and empty
And it was also the most awesome experience
In a time when most of us are struggling with restricted access to the activities we love, I wanted to know if VR would help. What I found surprised me.
There are myriad arguments for and against eating roadkill. Can they all be true at the same time?
In the spirit of Thoreau and Dillard, Donovan Hohn considers the joyous and brutal aspects of the natural world
The strangest things happen at summer camp. Which is probably why we love it so much.
Are social media and selfie culture killing the outdoors? Nah... but as a visit to some overshared spots reveals, they’re challenging our notions about whether there’s a right way to appreciate nature—and who gets to do it.
Booking apps, glamping, and tricked-out Sprinter vans: over the past decade, life under the stars has been upgraded. Here's your up-to-date guide for enjoying the ultimate socially distanced weekend.
Can a lifelong tent pitcher with a penchant for roughing it learn to appreciate high-thread-count sheets and teak-floored showers in the midst of nature? Our editor agreed to suffer in the name of research to find out.
Trying to improve your sleep quality? Get back to nature.
The Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 73 to 25, allocating billions to recreation
Many of us have long dismissed this gentle, approachable activity for more adrenaline-pumping forms of exercise. We've been missing out—big-time.
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.
I went out for a hike and forgot to put on you-know-what. When we crossed paths, was it really necessary to hit me with your self-righteous wrath?
Outdoorsy people always have the best stories about dating. Some of them are wild enough to make national headlines.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, three Chinese teams reached the top of the world
Gina Rae La Cerva's 'Feasting Wild' is a delightful culinary travel book. It's also an adjustment to the way we think about what that buzzword actually means
Spring is the ideal time to collect maple sap and boil it down to syrup. When COVID-19 hit, writer and photographer Andy Cochrane paused his travels around the country and headed home just in time to help his parents with their annual maple-syrup operation in northern Minnesota. Here's how they did it.
Homesteaders were ready for this. Here's how to kick your self-sufficiency skills into high gear.
From setting up a vise to gathering materials, here's everything you need to tie a basic fly
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
'Dear Humanity' is a celebration of the earth's beauty and a call to action to protect it
These are the tools you need to get started
In an excerpt from his new book, 'In Praise of Walking,' Shane O'Mara delves into the science behind an activity that human beings often underestimate
From humble jellyfish anecdotes to straightforward self-help, three new titles offer resonant takeaways for these worrisome times
A new United Nations report finds that Scandinavian nations continue to be the happiest in the world. Here's why.
'Last Call for the Bayou' follows five Louisiana residents as they battle to keep their industries alive amid disappearing wetlands
As every seasoned traveler knows, the most meaningful trips are the ones where everything goes wrong
In his new book, writer Mark O'Connell explores what our anxieties about the future say about our precarious present
In this film from director Brian Kelley, Carl Casey explains what a champion tree is and some strategies he uses to find them
Hemmed between the Oregon and Washington border, this windy water-sports mecca has something for everyone. Add it to your list of adventures worth waiting for.
From poetry to nonfiction, these books celebrate everything we love about our planet
In his new photo book "Errors of Possession," adventure photographer Garrett Grove documents the region's shifting industries and culture
Super tuskers are a highly poached population of elephants that are known to have ivory tusks that drop to the ground.
On going back to the mountains after a traumatic accident
A crew of daring twentysomethings had a half-baked plan to canoe through the jungle. Not surprisingly, they ran into all sorts of trouble.
Last December, around 100 tourists set out for New Zealand's Whakaari/White Island, where an active volcano has attracted hundreds of thousands of vacationers since the early 1990s. It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island's otherworldly caldera. Then the volcano exploded. What happened next reveals troubling questions about the risks we're willing to take when lives hang in the balance.
'Space,' a film from Gnarly Bay Productions and Howl Collective, reminds us that there's still adventure out there to be had
Surfers Belinda Baggs, Liz Clark, and Moona Whyte reflect on their relationship to conservation
Lessons from Wendell Berry, Wallace Stegner, and my neighborhood trees
The architect Charles Bello has spent the past 52 years restoring forests from logging and protecting the land on his 400-acre Bello Ranch in Northern California. Here's what he's learned along the way.
Cinemas and film festivals are screening online. Here are our favorites.
Don and Steve Friedman decided to bond with a trek in the Cascades. Worked great! Except for some minor disagreements about work. And money. And hope. And the meaning of life. And …
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
'Expedition Norway' follows a group of photographers on a mission to document the northern lights
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.
'Big Ben' profiles former professional surfer Ben Wilkinson, whose current career is working with unwieldy Hawaiian trees
Social distancing is a prime opportunity to discover the nature in our own backyards and redefine our idea of what's wild
Journalist Sarah Scoles's 'They Are Already Here' explores people's obsession with discovering what else may be out there
Welcome to America's newest national park, with endless and huge sand dunes to explore. It's our 62 Parks Traveler's fifth stop on her journey to visit every U.S. national park in a year.
A robbery was the last thing anyone ever expected in to the remote outpost of Longyearben, Norway
The SkyGlow Project traveled to several national parks to document how night skies there have changed with urban development
From surf cams to Fat Bear Week, live nature feeds inspire adventure and offer a break from reality
Men suffer higher rates of suicide and drug abuse than women. Many are anxious and lonely—and, as a result, they’re all too often angry and violent. Wilderness Collective thinks the solution lies in open spaces, UTVs, and fireside talks. But is that enough?
As wilderness hubs like Bishop and Moab shutter their gates to visitors, what's an outdoor lover to do during a pandemic? We're here to help.
Hostels are closing, volunteers are staying home, and trail organizations are advising hikers to cancel their plans
Experimental programs in Georgia and Louisiana are placing patients who may be infected in park cabins and RVs