Bethanie is a writer, editor, and author of animal-science books for kids. She covers camping, hiking, gear, inspiring stories, wildlife, adventure travel, and more for the Outdoors.com. She always has a few camping trips on the calendar.
A rock climber and an expectant father recently died in a tragic accident while climbing Castle Rock in Big Bear, California.
A wildlife photographer recently shared footage of an elusive species—river otters—in Arizona’s Salt River. See it here.
An unexpected visitor recently walked into an office building in Crestline, California—a black bear. Watch here.
A body boarder off the coast of Newport Beach, California, had no idea an apex predator was lurking nearby. Watch here.
A southern-California woman recently suffered from a rattlesnake bite while she was tending to the garden in front of her house.
David Cifaldi was hiking up Montana’s Granite Peak with two friends when a “freak accident” left him impaled by his own trekking pole.
A Moab-based adventurer recently shared footage of a “chocolate waterfall”—a very muddy fall caused by recent flash floods in parts of Utah.
One Colorado hiker was in the right place at the right time, stumbling upon a bear scratching its booty against a tree. See it here.
A nearly three-minute-long video shows kangaroos blocking the sidewalk and interacting with each other on the eastern coast of Australia.
A video showing a couple’s terrifying bear encounter on a hiking trail in Banff National Park is going viral. Watch here.