A search and rescue team in Colorado spent hours searching a mountain for an ill-prepared hiker who became lost in a snowstorm.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says they’re investigating an incident that injured a woman and her dog after a confrontation with a moose.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is turning to social media to call out whoever thought making a homemade tree stand was a good idea. 

If you love hiking, you shouldn’t let the cold weather months slow you down. Here are some essential safety tips for safely cross ice.

If you spend any time hiking in bear country, you need to know how to handle a potential encounter, which means using bear spray.

If you spend any time hiking in bear country you need to be prepared for a bear encounter. On a recent backpacking trip in northeastern Minnesota, we had Counter Assault Bear Spray on us the entire time, and it provided the safety and peace of mind we were looking for. The main selling point for [...]

How To Stay Safe During Hot Weather Hiking It’s the eternal Catch-22. The only time you have to go hiking is during the summer, but the summer is the hottest time of the year, making it potentially dangerous, wherever you are. However, as with most dangers of the great outdoors, hot weather hiking is only [...]

Whether you’re hiking in the swamps of Florida, the hills of the Northeast, the mountains and deserts of the West, or the cold tundra of Alaska, you may encounter one of the dangerous animals in North America. And while everyone loves the joy of spotting a squirrel or the awe of encountering a bull elk, [...]