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 diver witnessed a rare moment that relatively few people will ever see in the wild: mating seahorses. Watch here.
A trail cam in Alaska saw a lot of large-bear activity on August 5—see (and hear) huffs, puffs, and some satisfying back scratches here.
A team of scientists in Arizona shared five new trail-cam images of a male jaguar roaming the wilds of southern Arizona, all from this summer.
Two hikers became stranded after the rising tide trapped them on a remote beach in California—see footage of the long-line rescue here.
Ever wonder how bears get into homes? Well, sometimes it’s really quite simple. Watch a bear open a door in Colorado.
An incident between a sea turtle and a manta ray is now available free of charge on social media. I’m just glad someone was there to record.
A trail-cam photo shows a lioness in a region where adult female lions have been scarce, leading conservationists to fear for the population.
What’s 5 feet long and secretes a nasty-smelling mucus when it’s mad? A weird, “giant” animal only found in one place in the world.
To survive a harrowing ordeal, a missing hiker in the Himalayas ate bugs and drank his own pee. Get the story here.
Footage shows a mountain lion investigating some hikers; it stalks them for a while, getting as close as 10 feet away. They have no idea.