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.
Rescue efforts are ongoing for a missing hiker, Grant Gardner, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in two weeks.
A viral video shows a man playing fetch with his dog on a hillside when, suddenly, some sort of UFO zooms by at indescribable speed.
A free diver came across a once-in-a-lifetime find—a very rare marine animal called a “shark ray” or a bowmouth guitarfish. Watch here.
An officer and his K-9 partner located a missing hunter in Palm Beach County, Florida, and a body cam caught the moment on video.
One lucky bride-to-be found a 2.3-carat diamond at a state park in Arkansas. Apparently, people find gems there all the time.
A summer scene in southern Kenya’s Amboseli National Park shows a shocking number of safari vehicles in a traffic jam. Watch here.
A woman recorded the interaction between her cat, Sunny, and a “nope rope” (i.e., a bull snake), and it went viral. Watch here.
A couple set up trail cams around their campsite, only to find that a masked man had been wandered around and stealing stuff all night.
A “glacial lake outburst” is threatening Juneau, Alaska for the third consecutive August. See footage and learn more here.
Colorado officials are fielding reports of wild rabbits with tube-like growths on their faces. Why are bunnies sprouting “tentacles”?