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A wildflower is doing several jobs at once. It is feeding pollinators, producing seed, storing energy, interacting with fungi, competing with neighbors, and trying to complete reproduction before weather, herbivores or…
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For years, backpackers have participated in a small ritual of self-deception. At bedtime they take a jacket, stuff it into a stuff sack, place their head on it, and announce that this is basically a pillow.
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The American badger looks irritated because we recognize irritation better than anatomy. Its face has black-and-white markings that suggest intensity.
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Campground guests filed a formal noise complaint Saturday against a pileated woodpecker that began operating on a dead pine at 5:38 a.m., more than an hour before posted quiet hours ended.
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Lake Michigan does not create winter. Canada assists. The jet stream assists. Large-scale pressure systems do most of the atmospheric scheduling.
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A black bear involved in an overnight tent-damage incident described its actions Monday as “mostly investigative” and denied allegations that it held any broader hostility toward recreational shelter systems.
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The modern hard cooler has become an extraordinary object. It can have wheels, gaskets, latches, drains, tie-down points, pressure-injected insulation, bear-resistant certification, and enough polyethylene to survive…
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Theodore Roosevelt did not invent the outdoors. This is worth establishing early. People lived, worked, hunted, traveled and maintained relationships with North American landscapes for thousands of years before…
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A North American porcupine reiterated Thursday that it cannot shoot its quills, expressing frustration that the misconception remains active despite what officials called “an extraordinary amount of available…
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A pocket knife is one of the oldest pieces of outdoor gear still capable of making its owner feel dramatically prepared.