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.
For one Tucson, Arizona resident, an adorable nature show starring bobcat kittens came to her very own backyard. Watch here.
Bystanders enjoying a park in Manhattan had a blast watching a bird—an American woodcock (also called a “timberdoodle”)—do a hilarious dance.
A small bear was all alone in a roadside ditch in New Jersey, but, thanks to state troopers, the bear is now safe. See photos here.
The famous pair of bald eagles living in Big Bear Valley—Jackie and Shadow—are welcoming their first chick of the year as we speak.
The Willapa River in Washington isn’t where you’d expect to see a massive saltwater species like a gray whale, and yet . . .
Have Mount Everest guides been drugging mountain climbers as part of a massive insurance fraud scam? Maybe. Learn more here.
“We see a lot of strange stuff . . . but this clip stopped us in our tracks.” Two bull elks on a trail cam, and one is not like the other.
A viral video shows a man struggling to stay above water as massive waves crash over him in Cabo, Mexico. Watch what happens next.
Guests on a Brazilian safari to the Pantanal got to witness a wild jaguar hunting right in front of them. Watch it here.
A man came face to face with two curious mountain lions. One came within 20 yards, stopped, stared, and then ran away. Watch here.