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This week on Running Wild, Bear Grylls and Cynthia Erivo are “defying gravity” as they traverse a variety of caves and other icy terrain. On top of the highest peaks in Wales, where Grylls trained for the British Special Forces, he teaches the singer-actress to rappel through the caves on her own with an oxygen [...]

For his survival expeditions and TV shows, Bear Grylls has spent time in some of the world’s most inhospitable landscapes, and this includes deserts. He says he has been in the world’s toughest and that they are “brutal, unforgiving wildernesses to be in.” He also says that a really hot desert will kill you faster [...]

Bear Grylls is teaching essential survival skills to the world’s biggest celebrities on the second season of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge (Sundays on National Geographic at 9/8c). This week, he’s meeting up with Benedict Cumberbatch on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Following the learning phase of their two-day adventure, which includes [...]

In the eighth and final episode of I Survived Bear Grylls, Season 2, the survivalist and toughest man on the planet is making sure whoever wins his contest really puts in the work to earn the $10,000 grand prize. “We’re about to find out if you’re as tough as you think you are,” Bear tells [...]

As the climate changes and certain parts of the world get wetter, hotter, and far more humid than usual, it brings an extra unpleasant side effect: More mosquitos.  According to an analysis from Climate Central, most regions of the United States experienced an increase in the average number of mosquito days per year between 1979 [...]

Beginner climbers have a few simple rules to learn, and one of the most important rules that survival expert Bear Grylls follows is the “rule of three.”  This means that you should have at least three points of contact with the rock face you’re climbing on, rather than relying on just one point of contact.  [...]

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is known for playing Dr. Strange in the Marvel Universe, but can he harness the mystic arts to help him rappel down the side of a cliff on Scotland’s Isle of Sky? Bear Grylls and Benedict Cumberbatch will explore the mountains on the Scottish coastline in this week’s episode of Running Wild [...]

Ultrarunner Andrew Glaze makes videos of the joy and suffering he experiences during his runs for thousands of fans. Find out why.

Gardening is good for the soul and the soil. It gets you outdoors year-round and off of screens. Besides the benefits of unplugging, gardening has numerous other positive aspects.  Let’s dig into a few reasons to have a garden in the backyard, especially one that supports pollinators: Surrounded by pops of color, plants are known [...]