If you forage for mushrooms, these are some you’ll want to leave in the woods

Outdoorsmen will frequently see animal feces in the backcountry, and it’s important to know how to identify each to know what predators could be nearby

If a wild animal””or even a pack of wild animals””attacks you, a knife might be your only defense. Here’s how to fight back

Our survival expert shares six methods on how to start a fire without a lighter

Due to their somewhat singular approach to waste management, raccoons are among the easiest animals to identify by the droppings they leave behind

Ranked by a guy who let a spider-hunting wasp sting him”“”“in the name of science

In the woods, even for these tiny bloodthirsty parasites, it’s eat or be eaten

Learn to avoid these toxic shrubs, vines, and herbs, or learn to deal with blistering rashes and nuclear diarrhea””or worse

Close calls with an apex predator and myths you should forget.

Jake Waleri was traveling through the Big Cypress National Preserve on the night of July 12 when he bagged the snake of a lifetime. He tells the story