Plants

Get in touch with your inner hunter-gatherer and have the best backcountry dinner that's entirely from nature. It's the ultimate survival test.

Whatever you do, don't ingest any of these 12 killer plants.

Forage wild berries and then use this guide to prepare killer backcountry meals.

Gaze into a 2,000-foot-deep tub of snowmelt.

It's never been easier to help save the wilderness–no donations, no petitions, no pulaski swinging required. The only thing you have to do is go backpacking.

Discover the world's oldest tree, America's biggest cavern, and Florida's largest herd of wild horses on these three treks.

See glowing plankton, mushrooms, and bugs on these brilliant adventures.

Head to Northern California's Redwood National Park for a glimpse at these giants.

The name doesn't say it all: Arizona's premier cactus preserve conceals a cool mountain escape.

Catch this national park's brightest fall foliage on a short stroll or an all-day epic.

Backcountry crooks ransack public lands, stealing the natural prizes most coveted by collectors–and vulnerable species and hikers alike suffer when these icons vanish from the trails to resurface on the black market.

Hikers and ATV riders hit the ground in a new battle over trail access.

More potent poison ivy is on the way, plus fast-growing weeds that will change the face of Eastern forests.