When you love the outdoors, adventuring in them doesn’t feel like a workout. But you’re actually putting a lot of stress on your body when hiking up and down mountains, jumping over puddles, hanging ...

From lifting alligator hunting bans in Louisiana to allowing loaded weapons near popular Colorado hiking trails, the ...

“I don’t know about you,” said the cowboy in his booming Wyoming voice. “But when I follow these old trails, I can just see the wagons coming up over the hill.” My wife and I were chatting with this ...

Following a fatal encounter in Glacier and a double-mauling in Yellowstone, expert bear biologist Chris Servheen explains why ...

Early in the morning on May 10, a Nepali high-altitude worker named Bijaya Ghimire died while climbing through the Khumbu Icefall at the foot of Mount Everest. Officials do not know of a cause of ...

The falling death of a 66-year-old man on the Mount Wilson Trail prompted a warning from authorities. But experts say the ...

Every year, dozens of local Sherpa work as porters and staffers at Everest Base Camp. Here’s what the work is really like.

If you accidentally folded up or stored your tent while wet and it’s beginning to mildew, submerge it in a bath of Lysol ...

A new study confirms high concentrations of Naegleria fowleri at popular soaking spots across Yellowstone and Grand Teton ...

I’ll be honest: Once I’m well past a trailhead, I rarely follow dog-leash laws. I argue dogs should be allowed to run free, as being tethered to a canine while hiking holds us both back. I want my ...

Our Mount Everest reporter recently completed the 11-day hike to Base Camp. These boots, gaiters, jackets, and masks helped ...

The National Park Service is seeking tips after 33 federally protected black vultures were illegally dumped in America's most ...