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 Cheetos bag made Carlsbad Caverns National Park mad. It’s not just a piece of trash, the park argues. It’s much, much more.
Locals didn’t expect to see an elusive predator in a downtown area, but cameras caught a mountain lion running through Salinas, California.
A great nature moment caught on film shows a crocodile vs. a fish eagle going for the same prey in Kruger National Park. Which one will win?
That moment when a marmot decides to eat your GoPro camera . . . that’s a moment you’ll never forget. Watch it here.
A large black bear recently walked along a crowded shoreline in South Lake Tahoe, California, then took a dip in the lake. Watch it here.
Footage from a trail camera set up in the woods of New York State shows a doe sweetly nuzzling her fawns. See photos here.
A Portland man set up a trail cam in his backyard, and a clever raccoon rewarded his efforts that very night with some antics that went viral.
The hottest place on Earth, Death Valley National Park, experienced the hottest meteorological summer on record. But how hot was it?
A funny video made by a dad on Instagram perfectly sums up camping with kids expectations vs reality. It’ll make you laugh and feel seen.
A small-ish dark-colored mammal with a tiny bear face and a bushy tail walked up to some backpackers in Montana. It’s a really rare animal.