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As we’ve seen in his many TV shows, survival expert Bear Grylls has to avoid lots of deadly sea creatures under the water – in rivers and lakes as well as in oceans. The dangers of piranhas, jellyfish, electric eels, and urchins are often well-known. But what about the sea creatures that look harmless but [...]

Search teams are in a race against time to find a submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic’s wreck on Sunday. The submersible lost contact during its dive on Sunday, after about an hour and 45 minutes. Search teams are currently and urgently looking for the vessel, but there have been no [...]

Tommy Caldwell continues to be one of the faces of rock climbing while also advocating for sustainability, and he isn’t slowing down.

Joseph Dituri, a University of South Florida professor, former U.S. navy diver, and expert in biomedical engineering, locked himself in a 592-square-foot underwater research station in the Florida Keys for more than 100 days. His time underwater scientifically reversed his biological age clock by approximately 10 years. Dituri now holds the world record for living [...]

Ever wondered what it’s like to do the Bear Grylls workout? On a hot morning in London, we tried it – and it was very, very hard.

Learn how Chris Cooper parlayed an ugly encounter from three years ago into hosting the TV show, Extraordinary Birder, about his passion.

A grand prize of $10,000 is on the line, and five players are determined to live up to the chance to best each other — and overcome some wild wilderness challenges based on experiences survivalist Bear Grylls has conquered. On the fifth episode of the first season of I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at [...]

According to a survey by YouGov, 9% of Americans believe they could defeat a crocodile by hand. After watching this video of a crocodile vs. a lioness, though, do you think they would accept the challenge? Wildlife photographer Wayne Nel captured the vicious battle between a Nile crocodile and an African lioness over a piece [...]

While adventurer and survivalist Bear Grylls has been known to rely on an insect or two for survival (remember the time he ate a giant maggot?), he has been bitten by thousands more over the years, and there are many insect types that he avoids, as their dangers range from painful bites to disease and [...]