How Will We Know the World Is Ending?
Visions of the end of the world tend to extremes—the planet fatally fracked, flooded, hurricaned, nuke-cratered. No…
Biker Miraculously Survives a 250-Foot Plunge Off a Mountain Road
In addition to capturing moments of road rage, an action cam mounted on a motorcycle rider’s helmet can occasionally…
No, a Lemon Can’t Actually Start Fires and Here’s Why
Earlier this year a video appeared online purportedly showing how you could turn a lemon into a simple battery, and…
Woman Stalked By Starving Wolf For 12 Hours Survives Harrowing Ordeal
Last Friday, Joanne Barnaby went mushroom picking in a forest near Fort Smith in the Canadian Northwest Territories. It…
Columbia Turned Its Clothing Labels Into Stainless Steel Survival Tools
To help reinforce the idea that its clothing is designed for rugged outdoor adventures, Columbia is turning the…
When Life Gives You Lemons, Here's How to Use Them to Make Fire
You can now add lemons to the long list of random objects that can be used to start a fire. But unlike just generating…
This Simple Metal Tube Is Packed Full of Emergency Supplies
After the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan a few years ago, the nation has a renewed focus on…
Shark Attacks, 1,600-Foot Falls, 1 Million Coywolves Invade Northeast: What’s New Outside
America has a new predator, and it’s thriving in the northeast. Meanwhile, the outdoor economy is starting to throw its…
Here's how gross apocalypse emergency food rations are
Televangelists like Jim Bakker are basically scam artists who feed on implanting people with fear and profiting off…
35 Harrowing Man Vs Nature Movies, Ranked
Mankind has always been fascinated by our role in and conflict with the natural world. And, that means movies about…
An Essential Guide To Gun Safety For People Who Hate Guns
There are at least 347 million guns in America. No matter your opinion of them, it is highly likely that you will…
How The Navy SEALs Prepare For Extreme Cold Weather Survival, And How You Can Too
If you want to learn a potentially life-saving action, you need to practice it. And if you need to learn if your…
Last-Minute Stockpiling Only Makes Disasters Worse
When a hurricane takes aim at the coast or a blizzard looms in the forecast, something strange comes over us. We swarm…
The Time I Survived
Who am I to be writing about survival? Well, I’m someone who’s survived. It’s happened a few times, but this is the…
How To Survive Pretty Much Anything
Survival is a mix of preparation, knowledge, tools and luck. This week we’ll be exploring the practice and, to get us…
This Week, Your Survival Is at Stake
You know you worry about it sometimes. What if there were a massive earthquake, or a huge storm ... or you just got…
Watch Bear Grylls Feed President Obama A Nasty Old Piece Of Salmon He Found By A River
“This has got to be one of the best days of my Presidency,” Obama tells the camera shortly before Bear Grylls feeds him…
Drone Captures Hikers' Near Death In Maui Flash Flood
Flash floods are one of the most powerful and therefor most dangerous things you can encounter outdoors. In this…
How To Survive A Mass Shooting
As a kid, fire drills taught you fire safety. And you haven’t been killed by a fire. Your parents trained similarly for…
How To Survive The Cascadia Tsunami
“Thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami,” reads Kathryn Schulz’s now-infamous New…