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.
An adorable moment unfolded for a group of tourists in Patagonia. A baby puma played with mom’s tail and didn’t want to let her get away.
A visitor to Grand Canyon National Park never made it home. The 65-year-old man sadly fell over a ledge on the west side of the canyon.
A family got extremely lucky when they spotted an animal that very rarely appears in Kansas—a moose! Watch their video here.
REI’s famously lax return policy makes for some funny (and bizarre) return tags. Here are a few from PACT Outdoors.
Two mountain bikers were heading up the trail when, suddenly, they came face to face with a cougar. They asked for some help from above.
“What’s that sound? It’s not a boat. It’s a stampeeeeeede!” Watch a dolphin mega-pod sail past a small boat.
Golf at one Colorado course comes with the added excitement of unpredictable wildlife moments. Watch a bull elk chase a golf cart.
One woman was enjoying a cozy morning on the porch of her Lake Tahoe vacation home when, suddenly, she spotted a massive bear.
A trail runner in Lake Forest, California shared a terrifying tale of surviving a mountain-lion encounter. Watch here.
A trail cam nestled within a major U.S. city captured the rare appearance of an ecologically important animal not seen there in years.