There are a couple of things doctors want you to do to treat a snake bite and a lot of things they don’t want you to do. We asked them why.

A rope, tarp, and axe are the three things I always bring to the campsite. Sure, I always try to bring the right gear with me and while they all come in handy individually, together, you could use them to create a shelter just about anywhere. In this article, I’ll share with you three simple [...]

With aid from a local helicopter company, rescuers on Monday saved a hiker who had been missing for three days in Glacier National Park.

I didn’t see the point until after I had kids and now, packing a bug out bag just seems responsible. Kind of like changing the oil on my car.

The animal rights group PETA brought its virtual reality experience, which subjects the user to alien probing, to Northern Arizona University on Tuesday to raise awareness about how university labs experiment on animals.  In a statement about the simulator, PETA’s senior director, Rachelle Own, explained that the nonprofit wants to help students understand what animal [...]

On Sunday night, the Maryland State Police dispatched a rescue mission when a hiker and his dog got stuck on a cliff above the Shenandoah River, located in West Virginia. At around 10pm, Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s (MSPAC) Trooper 3 was called to a mountainous, heavily forested area of Harpers Ferry National Park. A [...]

Meg O’Neil was a lot of things. She was a skilled ice climber, an experienced outdoorswoman, and a mentor to dozens of aspiring climbers and mountaineers. And, as her final actions proved, she was also a selfless friend. On April 2, O’Neil was climbing Raven Falls, a frozen cascade in northern Utah, with two climbing [...]

Last week, four sailors were making their way across the open ocean between Ecuador and French Polynesia when they hit a whale. The collision was so forceful that the ship went down, leaving the crew stranded in the middle of the Pacific. They didn’t see the whale coming. One of them was on watch while [...]

Last week, a “hostile” zebra attacked a man near Columbus, Ohio, biting his arm so badly that he had to be put in a tourniquet. According to The Washington Post, no one was quite sure who owned the zebras, or why the man was in the field at the time. The 911 dispatcher who picked [...]

Forget friendship bracelets and secret handshakes: Last fall, four Wyoming wrestlers learned what it meant to be a true friend when a grizzly bear attacked them out of nowhere.  Brady Lowry, Kendell Cummings and two other members of the Northwest College wrestling team were out antler hunting when they unknowingly stumbled into a grizzly bear’s [...]