FITCHBURG — Matt “Animal Man” Gabriel began developing a love of the outdoors as a young child. When he was 11 years old, his father bought him the survival manual “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to ...

BENBOW, California -- ABC7 News spoke exclusively to the 4H instructor who taught two young girls the life-saving skills they needed to survive a weekend lost in the woods. The sisters live in Benbow, ...

Matt Shull knew it would be a challenge to find the perfect spot for a wilderness camp in metro Indianapolis, but it didn’t take him long to strike something close. The answer: a wooded northside ...

SELF-SUFFICIENT: Annie Egelkraut grew up with an Eagle Scout for a father. But she learned even more outdoors skills as an adult, thanks to Landmark Learning in Cullowhee. She’s taken wilderness ...

Campers were busy setting up camp when an announcement came from the instructor: “A storm will be here in 10 minutes from the northwest!” With that, students had to figure out the direction the storm ...

Registration is open for Patoka Lake’s Women’s Wilderness Weekend, May 15–17, featuring camping and hands-on outdoor skills ...

In today’s unpredictable world, being prepared for emergencies and survival situations is more important than ever. From natural disasters to wilderness adventures gone awry, having the right ...

A sense of creativity can help in a lot of ways on Alone. For starters, the contestants can only take 10 approved items from History’s gear list with them to their drop site. None of those items are ...

“Time’s up!” yells Eric Powers. The shout alerts the 20 participants in the hands-on Wilderness Survival Series at the Sands Point Preserve that their five minutes to forage for leaves, twigs and dry ...