Empower

These scaled, prehistoric, water-dwelling creatures can indeed appear fearsome, but they’re not nearly as terrifying as you may think.

A pair of hikers got more than they bargained for when they pulled into the parking lot and saw a brown bear on the hunt.

This is how to mentally prepare for an extreme adventure. These can be emotionally and physically grueling but very rewarding.

Fat Bear Week started on Wednesday, October 4, and we can’t wait to find out which bear will be crowned the Fattest Bear by the public. The National Park Service says that Fat Bear Week celebrates the success and survival of the brown bear population. But how do fat bears get so fat anyway? Brown [...]

It’s always wise to have a Plan B (and perhaps a Plan C, D, and E) for emergency communication in the wilderness, especially if you’re heading off alone. But who would have thought that wildlife webcams might save the day?  On a wet and windy day in September, in one of the most remote national [...]

In Survivor 45’s episode 2, team Lulu lost again, Emily lightened up, and it may come as no surprise who went home.

In late September, Disney World got a surprise visit from a black bear. The bear was spotted near Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in the Magic Kingdom and led to parts of the park being closed to visitors. Just a few days later, another bear decided to join a family vacation, this time in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  [...]

Despite “doing everything right”, a Canadian couple and their dog were killed by a grizzly bear in Banff’s backcountry.

One of Bear Grylls’s first big expeditions when he was a schoolboy was a camping and climbing adventure to Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park in Wales. The camping did not go according to plan when the tent collapsed in the middle of the night, leaving Bear and his school friend cold and miserable. However, [...]