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A hanging cluster of pokeweed berries
Medicine

10 common plants that can hurt you

By Bill Heavey

How to survive a mountain lion encounter
Life Skills

How to survive a mountain lion encounter

By Alisha McDarris

Survive the great outdoors by making your own drinkable water
Life Skills

Survive the great outdoors by making your own drinkable water

By Alisha McDarris

The complete guide to building a rooftop garden
Projects

The complete guide to building a rooftop garden

By Ryan Boysen

How to build a fire in the wilderness
Life Skills

How to build a fire in the wilderness

By Alisha McDarris

What to do if you encounter a bison
Life Skills

What to do if you encounter a bison

By Alisha McDarris

How do deer grow antlers so quickly?
Animals

How do deer grow antlers so quickly?

By Matthew Every/ Outdoor Life

A beginner’s guide to butterfly watching
Projects

A beginner’s guide to butterfly watching

By Marion Renault

How to pack exactly what you need when you travel
Life Skills

How to pack exactly what you need when you travel

By Harry Guinness

17 minutes outside a day keeps the doctor away
Health

17 minutes outside a day keeps the doctor away

By Donavyn Coffey

How to leave the great outdoors exactly how you found it
Life Skills

How to leave the great outdoors exactly how you found it

By Alisha McDarris

The increase in Everest deaths may have nothing to do with crowds or waiting
Health

The increase in Everest deaths may have nothing to do with crowds or waiting

By Eleanor Cummins

colony of Termites
Life Skills

11 gross animals you can eat in a survival situation

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

How to spring back into outdoor exercise
Life Skills

How to spring back into outdoor exercise

By Dan Seitz

How to keep from getting lost in the wilderness
Life Skills

How to keep from getting lost in the wilderness

By Alisha McDarris

igloo
Science

Want to build an igloo? Here’s how.

By Sarah Fecht

We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver
Projects

We asked for your best photos of frozen soap bubbles—and wow, did you deliver

By Sophie Bushwick

Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip
Life Skills

Freezer bags are the secret to eating well on your next camping trip

By Alisha McDarris

Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic
Life Skills

How to prepare for a hurricane that’s about to hit

By Sophie Bushwick

Male red-winged blackbird
Life Skills

How to decode the secret language of birds

By Benji Jones

A beginner’s guide to finding wild edible plants that won’t kill you
Life Skills

A beginner’s guide to finding wild edible plants that won’t kill you

By Benji Jones

How to find your way out of the woods without tools—or your phone
Life Skills

How to find your way out of the woods without tools—or your phone

By Dan Seitz

A swimming pool, from under the water.
Life Skills

It’s surprisingly hard to tell if someone’s drowning, so we made you a guide

By Whitson Gordon

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn
Projects

How to create a perfectly imperfect lawn

By Anna Brooks

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper
Bees

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper

By Eleanor Cummins

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn
Bees

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn

By Kate Baggaley

Hiking
Tech Hacks

10 hiking apps and gadgets for hitting the trail this spring

By David Nield

Way too much information about winter jackets
Outdoor Gear

Everything you need to know about winter jacket tech

By Stan Horaczek

Bee sits on yellow flower.
Bees

Want to help the bees? Keep these out of your garden.

By Ellen Airhart

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs
DIY

How to grow custom greens designed by chefs

By Sarah Z. Wexler / Saveur

greenwood grill
Life Skills

How to grill meat over an open fire

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Essential survival items for your go-bag
DIY

Essential survival items for your go-bag

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Three ways to use rain water in a survival situation
DIY

Three ways to use rain water in a survival situation

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

How to build an hourglass watchtower
Projects

How to build an hourglass watchtower

By William Gurstelle

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation
Life Skills

Three tricks for staving off hunger in a survival situation

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master
Life Skills

Five map and compass skills every outdoorsman should master

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

grill
Life Skills

9.5 tips to scientifically enhance your grill game

By Joe Brown

How to avoid ticks and the many diseases they transmit
Diseases

How to avoid ticks and the many diseases they transmit

By Sara Chodosh

beach
Projects

How to beach-proof your phone

By Sophie Bushwick

5 outdoor games you can build yourself
Projects

5 outdoor games you can build yourself

By Sophie Bushwick

A large group of red and orange jellyfish floating in blue water.
Health

A jellyfish sting treatment that actually works

By Sara Chodosh

How to not die in a blizzard
Health

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

Want to fix your sleep schedule? Go camping this weekend.
Health

Want to fix your sleep schedule? Go camping this weekend.

By Rachel Feltman

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can
Projects

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can

By Eleanor Cummins

Can I use moss to navigate?
Ask Us Anything

Can I use moss to navigate?

By Knvul Sheikh

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit
Life Skills

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

Solar oven
Projects

How to build a DIY solar oven

By Thom Leavy

A half-ring vortex in a swimming pool
Projects

How To Create Vortex Rings In Your Swimming Pool

By Dianna Cowern

Why Was This Bear Chewing On A Kayak?
Bears

Why Was This Bear Chewing On A Kayak?

By Steph Yin

Why Are So Many People Nearsighted?
Health

Why Are So Many People Nearsighted?

By Alexandra Ossola

Canadian ‘Freezeway’ Will Let Commuters Ice Skate To Work
Technology

Canadian ‘Freezeway’ Will Let Commuters Ice Skate To Work

By Mary Beth Griggs

John Steinbeck On Why ‘Camping Is For The Birds’
DIY

John Steinbeck On Why ‘Camping Is For The Birds’

By Rose Pastore

A Wooden Canoe Built By Nick Offerman
Projects

A Wooden Canoe Built By Nick Offerman

By Dave Mosher

Build A Lightweight Tent For A Pittance
Projects

Build A Lightweight Tent For A Pittance

By Nathan Brown

How To Make Your Own (Floating!) Concrete Boat
Projects

How To Make Your Own (Floating!) Concrete Boat

By Erin Brodwin

Gray Matter: A Venturi Pump That Shoots Fire
Projects

Gray Matter: A Venturi Pump That Shoots Fire

By Theodore Gray

FYI: Could I Have Prevented My Nearsightedness If I’d Just Spent More Time Outside As A Kid?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Could I Have Prevented My Nearsightedness If I’d Just Spent More Time Outside As A Kid?

By Francie Diep

Simple Project Of The Month: The DIY Camping Shower
Projects

Simple Project Of The Month: The DIY Camping Shower

By Calvin Brennan