"Wilderness" Blogs & Blog Posts

Two weeks ago, an elephant bull charged and lifted a safari truck full of terrified tourists in South Africa, but fortunately nobody was seriously injured. Last Saturday, however, another bull elephant, perhaps feeling threatened, had the same idea i...

A gentleman called emergency services in Kanawha County, West Virginia last week reporting that he had been attacked by a bear in the woods. The man, Christian Leonhardt, 47, of Brecksbille, Ohio claimed he was severely injured and that a group...

Suck venom from a wound. Play dead with black bears. Put food before water and shelter. These are survival myths to avoid at all costs.

While living in a hut on Vancouver Island for History’s popular reality-TV series Alone, Nicole Apelian fished for salmon alongside a family of black bears and listened to packs of wolves howling into the night. She was stalked by a cougar on multi...

With the news that Hawaiian hiker Amanda Eller was found alive after being lost for 17 days, it’s worth considering what to do if you find yourself alone and lost in the wilderness. Eller did a lot of things right, according to early news reports.

As a child, I knew two things about quicksand: that it’s a go-to peril for cartoon characters in jungles, and that in real life, it’s only sticky if you treat it like a solid. Pretend it’s water, and you can swim out of it. Read more...

One bright summer morning four years ago, two park rangers set off hiking up a dormant Alaskan volcano.  But like a light switch, the weather changed. Vicious winds brought frigid, sideways rain. It didn't relent. Usually dry ditches transformed...