Doing anything for 4-6 hours each day that isn't work or school related can seem daunting, but the more time kids can spend outside, the better. With some estimates clocking the time that the average child spends outdoors to be only a few minutes a day, any additional time outside is better than ...

If you love the outdoors, make sure you act like it this summer and leave it the same, if not better than you found it. With summer officially here, it’s a great time to explore the outdoors! As people go hiking, camping, wildlife viewing and engage in other recreation activities, there ...

Picturing a mountain biker generally involves them bombing down a mountain or flying through the air, not riding through an old mining cave. Despite that, it turns out mountain biking through a cave might be one of the coolest things we've seen in a while. Kilian Bron and some friends explored ...

With the weather heating up and freezing temperatures becoming a distant memory, it's impossible not to dream about hopping on a trail and exploring. You'd be hard-pressed to find a destination more beautiful than what these trails offer. Wherever your map takes you, just get out there an enjoy ...

If you're looking to explore underwater but have no snorkeling or scuba experience, then Stuart Cove's has you covered. Located in the Bahamas, the company offers the ultimate in underwater tours with their underwater scooters! Not only can these things dive 15 feet down and travel at 2.5 knots, ...

"What did you like to do for fun as a kid?" That's the question Nature Valley asked three generations of families in an effort to see how the way we spend our childhood years and how that has changed. It's obvious from the start that our most recent generation relies a lot on technology to ...

The wheel has remained relatively unchanged as far as its basic structure goes. It's round and for the most part its shape stays the same throughout its use. Until now. NASA just created a completely new wheel that's made with a nickel-titanium alloy. The way it's constructed allows this ...

Chevrolet and country music star Luke Bryan teamed up to create the ultimate Suburban for taking on whatever outdoor adventure you find. “Chevy has been part of our family and a part of our work life on the farm for as long as I can remember,” says Bryan. “If you were a Bryan, you drove a Chevy ...

Why should you have to choose between sleeping in a tent on dry land and enjoying the water on your next camping trip? Now you don't have to and that's all thanks to Traft. Traft is a combination tent and raft that perfectly combines the two into a nonstop outdoor expedition combo platter. ...

What exactly does it take to build the longest continuous trail in the world in the second largest country on earth? A lot of time and a lot of miles -- 25 years and 15,000 miles to be exact. The Great Trail stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean across 13 ...

The worst part about planning any extended off-road exploration, where conditions could change at a moments notice, is not having the proper vehicle that will handle any situation you come across. EarthRoamer, a Colorado-based builder of custom off-road expedition vehicles, just took away any ...

Exploring the unknown (for you at least) just got a whole lot easier. Thanks to everyone over at National Geographic, every single US Geological Survey topographical map is available and ready to be printed on an easy to use website. This is great news, especially considering finding a map ...