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 snake wrangler came across a massive “beast” of a red diamond rattlesnake that appears to have just eaten a big meal. Watch here.
A viral video from a home-security camera shows a wild turkey as it attacks a man who is just trying to get in his car. Watch here.
In the Amazon, canopy bridges help arboreal species affected by infrastructure like roads and drainage systems travel across the rainforest.
NPS law-enforcement rangers removed over 2,000 marijuana plants (and more) from an illegal cultivation site in Sequoia National Park.
A baby mule deer in Colorado took some of its first wobbly steps, and a photographer was there to capture the adorable moment on film.
Most people don’t expect to come home from a camping trip with the Bubonic plague like one camper recently did. Get the details here.
When a homeowner decided to put a kiddie pool in his backyard to attract birds, he didn’t expect a huge black bear to come take a dip.
A rip current swept two young men away while they were wading in waist-deep water at Huntington Beach along Lake Erie.
A large black bear broke into an ice-cream shop in northern California. Wildlife officials share the bear’s mug shots and preferred flavor.
Two bull elk had it out in a street in Estes Park, Colorado, near Rocky Mountain National Park, and a passerby caught the action on video.