Spotting animals is a highlight of backcountry travel—unless they attack. Learn how to escape 22 dangerous species.

To err is human, bt to err in the wilderness can get you in a load of trouble. Here's how to manage missteps and improvise fixes.

Don't let the desert–or swamps, cliffs, jungles, glaciers, or other potentially dangerous landscapes–be your end.

From hypothermia to heatstroke, the elements kill in myriad ways. Protect yourself with 34 tips on wind, rain, snow, and more.

Watch your step. Trips and tumbles are the number one cause of backcountry deaths.

"Improvise, adapt, and overcome." Bear Grylls and his crew lived by this mantra while filming episodes of Man vs. Wild. Here's how hikers can adopt it.