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.
When a 13-year-old boy started down a zipline in Costa Rica, the last thing he expected was to “clock” a sloth straight in the face.
Tom Waddington is solo rowing the north Atlantic Ocean, but he wasn’t so solo when pilot whales swarmed him. He loved and hated it.
A baby moose was stuck between a dock and the float of a seaplane. A Good Samaritan wanted to help, but mama moose wasn’t having it.
A mountain biker’s recent video of him riding a barely there ridge in the Italian Dolomites is terrifying, and we can’t stop watching.
A pair of Irish hikers didn’t let a disappointing view spoil their fun. The two made a viral video making fun of the relatable situation.
A black bear in Colorado found its way to a Renaissance Fair and set up camp beneath a honeycomb shop—probably for the free smells.
A mountain lion got stuck in the courtyard of a southern Arizona hospital, and it wasn’t happy to be there. Here’s what happened.
An SUV with five people inside careened off the road in Yellowstone National Park and crashed into a hot, acidic geyser. Here’s what we know.
Have you ever seen a sea turtle dance? A rare Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle showed off its unique dance moves. Here’s why.
A three-legged lion and his brother swam farther than any other lion on record, and they did it despite all the crocs and hippos. But why?