Spotting wild animals in their natural habitat can be one of the coolest experiences during a hike. Assuming you're at a safe distance and don't attempt to do anything dumb, encounters with wild animals shouldn't pose too much of a threat. We'd recommend taking this interaction and using it as ...

As far as hikes go, Angel's Landing is something spectacular. It somehow manages to simultaneously make you want to get back to flat land as fast as possible and keep pushing forward. That's because this trail is one of the most beautiful things we've ever seen and it has a steep dropoff on both ...

The maneuver this DC-10 pulls off isn't an easy one by any means. Jesse Peterson managed to capture the footage of the plane while on a hike. In an effort to stop forest fire, the pilot positions the massive plane right down the ridge and continues to descend while dropping the fire retardant ...

Despite facing criticism and the potential to have been fined up to $6,000 and face a year in jail, photographer Corey Hancock doesn't regret his choice to save an abandoned bear cub that was barely alive when he found it while hiking in Oregon. He even says he would do it again, stating, "I didn't ...

The number one thing experts say to do during a bear encounter is to stay calm and, whatever you do, don't run. Funny enough, it turns out the only thoughts that flood someones mind when during a bear encounter is to run for their lives. These hikers did a great job of staying relatively calm ...

I don't know many kids that would pick up snake they find slithering around and be so excited about their new reptile friend, much less react with such happiness and laughter. That's exactly what happens when little Adriana finds a snake while exploring Beaver Island, Michigan, with her family, and ...

"Bear! Bear! You're breaking my kayak. Why are you doing that? Why are you breaking my kayak?" shrieked Mary Maley. After spraying the black bear with pepper spray, the bear sought vengeance on Mary's kayak, and didn't listen to her instructions. The video has now gone viral, partly because of what ...

After his father was badly injured by a falling boulder in the Idaho backcountry, Charlie Wilstead Finlayson did everything in his power to make sure they both made it out alive. Watch the incredible video below: