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.
Pooping in the wild may feel like a rite of passage for die-hard campers, but is there a better way? Yes. Composting toilets.
Researchers observed a Sumatran orangutan expertly using a medicinal plant to heal its own wound, and that’s a big deal.
A drunk man reportedly kicked a bison in the leg at Yellowstone National Park, getting himself injured and arrested.
While hiking in the Everglades, two hikers come across a dozen or so alligators on the trail like it’s no big deal. Watch it here.
TSA caught a man trying to sneak a couple of snakes into the Miami International Airport. He was hiding the snakes in his pants.
In Hesperia, California, a mountain lion crashed for a night in a family’s shed after feasting on at least one of their pet turkeys.
Here’s one you may not have seen—a snake hitching a ride on the bottom of a car. It doesn’t look like it’s having fun.
Two bear cubs see a bison, possibly for the first time, and their reaction is priceless. A wildlife filmmaker caught the moment on film.
Amid the devastation from the tornado outbreak this weekend comes the story of an Omaha resident who says: “Hot dogs saved my life.”
Here’s what you need to know about the 100+ tornadoes that devastated the Midwest over the course of about three days.