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The wilderness is a punishing place. Learn how to survive, and thrive, with our guides on life-saving survival tips, survival food, survival gear, and more.

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How to Keep Your Sleeping Bag Warm and Dry in the Backcountry

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11 Essential Survival Knife Skills

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How to Make Waterproof Matches

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By Jim Baird

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How to Start a Fire

By Meg Carney

How to Treat Poison Ivy

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Watch the Coast Guard Rescue Two Fishermen From a Rapidly Sinking Boat in North Carolina

By Paul Richards

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By Kris Millgate

Vermont Woman Attacked By Black Bear After Her Dog Treed its Cub

By Paul Richards

Watch a Brown Bear Attack an Injured Moose Next to a Highway

By Travis Hall

Indonesian Woman Swallowed Whole by Massive Python

By Paul Richards

Australian Man Fends Off Horrifying Crocodile Attack with a Knife

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Australian Kayaker Punted into the Air During Horrifying Shark Attack

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Watch an Enormous Bull Elk Charge a Cell-Phone-Wielding Tourist in Colorado

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Kentucky Hunter Who Lost Almost Everything Tags Trophy Buck With a Borrowed Bow

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Best Compasses of 2022

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Best Tomahawks of 2022

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Best Handheld GPS Devices of 2022

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Best Fire Starters of 2022

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Best Hand Warmers of 2022

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Best Camping Tarps of 2022

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Best Solar Generators of 2022

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The Gerber Gear Ultimate Knife is on Sale During Prime Day 2022

By Luke Guillory

Iowa Mushroom Hunters Find Motherlode of Morels, Pick 175 Pounds in Two Days

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By Cosmo Genova

Snack Smackdown: Jerky vs. Summer Sausage

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The Best Way to Clean Morel Mushrooms

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How to Find Morel Mushrooms This Turkey Season

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You Can Hunt, Fish, and Forage. But Can You Make Your Own Maple Syrup?

By Tony Hansen

What’s the Best Camp Snack?

By Ben Romans

Jim Baird’s Arctic Adventure: How to Make Bush Bread

By Jim Baird

What’s Your Best GORP Recipe?

By David Draper

Road-Trip Tip: Best and Worst Gas-Station Junk Food

By David Draper

Eat Elephant Turds, Bear Grylls

By Tim Romano & Kirk Deeter

Do You Forage for Wild Foods?

By David Draper

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Indonesian Woman Swallowed Whole by Massive Python

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/ Nov 2, 2022

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/ Oct 25, 2022

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/ Oct 25, 2022

Watch a Giant Humpback Whale Nearly Launch Itself On Top of a Fishing Boat

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/ Oct 25, 2022

Hunter Shoots Himself in the Leg While Fighting Off a Grizzly Bear Attack in Wyoming

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Featured In Survival

10 Takedown Camp Guns for Hunting and Survival

The Best Survival Books of 2022

Best First Aid Kits of 2022

Best Survival Kits: Be Prepared for Anything

How to Start a Fire with the Back of Your Pocketknife

Video: Watch Florida Mom Drag Python Out From Under Car—in Flip Flops

8 Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed

Video: Two Male Cottonmouth Snakes Face Off in Battle for Dominance

Iditarod Dog-Sled Team Trampled in Alaska Moose Attack

Trail-Cam Footage Shows Snake Ambushing an Owl in Rare Attack

Video: Kingsnake Kills and Devours Timber Rattler in Georgia

Video: 20-Foot Alligator Cannibalizes 6-Foot Gator at Florida Golf Course

Explore Survival

Watch a Giant Snake Coil Its Way Up a Tall Tree with Startling Speed

The 7 Scariest Diseases You Can Get From a Tick

Lightning Strike Kills Camper in His Tent

“Shark Bite Capital of the World” Records its 6th Attack of the Season

Survival Skills: How to Make a Bushcraft Ice Chisel

Could You Survive in the Wilderness for Three Days?

4 Secrets For Not Getting Lost in the Wild

Four Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed

How to Build the Perfect Survival Camp

5 Map and Compass Skills Every Outdoorsman Should Master

How to Keep Your Sleeping Bag Warm and Dry in the Backcountry

11 Essential Survival Knife Skills

How to Make Waterproof Matches

11 Ingenious Survival Gear Hacks From Our Readers

Best Water Purification Tablets of 2022

The 7 Scariest Diseases You Can Get From a Tick

F&S Classics What Is the Meaning of Life?

Meet Alex Robertson, Florida’s Shirtless, Mulleted, Snake Hunter Extraordinaire

What Is the Deadliest Snake in the World?

How to Tie 5 Essential Outdoor Knots

Survival Skills: How to Make a Bushcraft Ice Chisel

How to Start a Fire

How to Treat Poison Ivy

Four Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed

Watch the Coast Guard Rescue Two Fishermen From a Rapidly Sinking Boat in North Carolina

Boy Fends Off Snake Attack By Biting the Serpent—Twice

Vermont Woman Attacked By Black Bear After Her Dog Treed its Cub

Watch a Brown Bear Attack an Injured Moose Next to a Highway

Indonesian Woman Swallowed Whole by Massive Python

Australian Man Fends Off Horrifying Crocodile Attack with a Knife

Australian Kayaker Punted into the Air During Horrifying Shark Attack

Man Saves 10-Year-Old Grandson from Black Bear Attack in Connecticut Backyard

Hunter Shoots Himself in the Leg While Fighting Off a Grizzly Bear Attack in Wyoming

Watch an Enormous Bull Elk Charge a Cell-Phone-Wielding Tourist in Colorado

Kentucky Hunter Who Lost Almost Everything Tags Trophy Buck With a Borrowed Bow

Watch a Mountain Climber Fend Off a Furious Black Bear Attack in Japan

Best Compasses of 2022

The Best Survival Books of 2022

Best Emergency Blankets of 2022

Best Tomahawks of 2022

Best Handheld GPS Devices of 2022

Best Fire Starters of 2022

Best Survival Foods of 2022

11 Ingenious Survival Gear Hacks From Our Readers

Best Hand Warmers of 2022

Best Camping Tarps of 2022

Best Solar Generators of 2022

The Gerber Gear Ultimate Knife is on Sale During Prime Day 2022

Iowa Mushroom Hunters Find Motherlode of Morels, Pick 175 Pounds in Two Days

The Beginner’s Guide to Picking and Cooking With Ramps

Snack Smackdown: Jerky vs. Summer Sausage

The Best Way to Clean Morel Mushrooms

How to Find Morel Mushrooms This Turkey Season

You Can Hunt, Fish, and Forage. But Can You Make Your Own Maple Syrup?

What’s the Best Camp Snack?

Jim Baird’s Arctic Adventure: How to Make Bush Bread

What’s Your Best GORP Recipe?

Road-Trip Tip: Best and Worst Gas-Station Junk Food

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