Bethanie is a writer, editor, and author of animal-science books for kids. She covers camping, hiking, gear, inspiring stories, wildlife, adventure travel, and more for the Outdoors.com. She always has a few camping trips on the calendar.
A viral video of an outdoor proposal has us rooting for this newly engaged couple, even though the soon-to-be bride *nearly* ruined it.
Other people were stalked by mountain lions on the same Colorado trail where a hiker died by mountain-lion attack on New Year’s Day.
Can you imagine taking a nap on the living-room couch, then waking up to find a large black bear watching TV in the same room?
A trail camera caught the moment a “kung-fu squirrel” snuck up on another squirrel and masterfully tackled it. Watch here.
A trail-cam owner in northern Wisconsin caught not one but two rare animals interacting in broad daylight. Watch here.
Heavy snowfall in Juneau, Alaska, has sunk at least eight vessels and threatened dozens more. See photos here.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials suspect a mountain lion fatally attacked a solo hiker on New Year’s Day. Learn more here.
A trail cam set up by the Ohio Division of Wildlife caught an elusive animal, and the agency called the sighting “very rare.”Â
A man in Alaska stepped outside to get his mail, there was a moose, and the rest is viral-video history. Thank goodness for that tiny dog.
One man captured an epic video of an octopus emerging from a pile of rocks, and the footage is blowing up online. Watch here.