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.
Western Cape Eco Tours takes tourists to see a leucistic saltwater crocodile. The so-called “golden” croc’s name is Casper.
A video from USFWS and Montana FWP helps people distinguish between black bear tracks and brown bear/grizzly bear tracks.
Texas state park rangers recently spotted a rare nocturnal animal on a survey—a ringtail. The rangers didn’t hold back their excitement.
A fisherman caught a massive 53-pound Chinook salmon in Oregon’s Chetco River, and the internet is loving it. See the prize catch here.
A homeowner captured a mountain lion vs. coyote moment in his backyard, and even wildlife officials seemed surprised by it.
A bear mauled Ryan Beierman, but he survived the attack thanks to the quick and precise actions of his 12-year-old son, Owen.
These photos of grumpy owls by various wildlife photographers are so cute, they’ll actually leave you smiling. See them here.
Hate hiking but still want some good views? You can always travel to China and take an escalator “hike” up to the top of Tianyu Mountain.
A video of an osprey making a spectacular double catch in the Potomac River is going viral again, because it’s that good.
You wouldn’t have guessed it was still summer a few weeks ago in this popular national park. Check out this insane summer snow storm.