Two hikers needed a rescue after they set out to summit Mount Whitney with 150 pounds of gear. Get the story here.

A dog owner in Boulder, Colorado rescued his pup from a mountain lion by doing something unconventional. Thankfully, it worked.

A Utah man fell about 50 feet into an abandoned mine shaft in Utah last week. Learn more about this nightmare scenario here.

A brown bear was ready for re-release, but not without a bit of drama. The bear tried to attack a rescuer as soon as they set him free.

A woman fell into a crevice while trying to retrieve her phone and became stuck upside-down between two boulders for seven hours. Learn more.

A 79-year-old solo hiker broke her leg on a mountain, and a man offered to carry her down to save her some suffering. Get the story here.

It took rescue crews nine hours to rescue an 11-year-old boy who got stuck between two house-sized boulders in New Hampshire.

A falling rock struck a woman who was climbing in Oregon. Three different agencies had to pitch in for the rock climber’s rescue.

Last week, a woman who was hiking in the Sierra Nevada required rescue after she mysteriously lost feeling in her legs.

Two young mountain lions didn’t drown thanks to a daring rescue. Mere moments from releasing a flood of water, a dam tender spotted the pair.