Working on a lobster boat comes with challenges, and for women trying to break into the industry, there are even more hoops to jump through. 

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 [...]

A new crop of budding survivalists has gotten off the couch this week to see if they have what it takes to score the $10,000 grand prize on I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT). “You’re going to be taken to your limits,” evil mastermind Bear promises, explaining the challenges will [...]

Brazilian bodysurfer Kalani Lattanzi made waves on Monday, as he rode an incredible 25-foot swell at Wedding Cake Island, off the coast of Sydney, Australia.  Spending over an hour getting to the wave, the 29-year old Lattanzi had nothing with him besides “a pair of boardies and a set of fins,” and was seen entering [...]

Two TikTokers in England have been credited with coining a new phrase: soft hiking. While some might argue that it’s basically just, well, walking, the idea seems to be gaining steam with people who think serious hikers might be taking themselves too seriously.  The two friends, Emily Thornton and Lucy Hird, are behind the TikTok [...]

Bear Grylls has battled everything from wild animals and deadly snakes to raging rivers, dense jungles, and sheer cliff faces, but it’s a different kind of challenge fighting for survival against some hot sauces. Armed with just a knife and fork, Bear recently went head-to-head with Hot Ones host Sean Evans. The show sees Evans [...]

One way that survivalist Bear Grylls collects water when in the wild is by making a solar still to capture water from plants or from the ground. There are two types of stills: above-ground and below ground. Above Ground: Evaporation Stills The above-ground version works best in an area with lots of vegetation, by collecting [...]

If you get lost in the wilderness and are trying to survive or make your way out, one thing you do not want to do is to become prey for a hungry and wild animal – even if your name is Bear.  Over the years, Bear Grylls has had his fair share of encounters with [...]

Vanlifers, RV dwellers, outdoorsy people, and travelers: here are some great tips on how to save money and camp for free in the most famous scenic locations in the country. Camping has been viewed as a way to spend a long time outdoors, for a low cost. However, a recent survey by Camper Report has [...]

Survivalist Bear Grylls always talks about how finding water is one of the key priorities of survival. But when you do find water, you need to be able to filter and purify it—and boiling is a good way to purify it. You can also cook things in boiling water to kill two birds with one [...]