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Survival

Be prepared with our survival tips, stories, and techniques. Learn how to handle animal attacks, natural disasters, wilderness survival, and more.

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Two polar bears outside a seaside community in Alaska.

‘Bear-dar’ Developers Say the New AI Tech Is Already Helping Prevent Polar Bear Conflicts in the Arctic

Meat in a big standing freezer

How to Save Your Wild Game When the Power Goes Out

By Jack Hennessy

An illustration of a teen running from a grizzly bear

How My Guide’s Quick Thinking Saved a Kid from an Enraged Grizzly Bear

By Jules Ashlock

A green illustration of a man rescuing reptiles from the inside of an overturned trailer.

My Father Died from a Snakebite. I Expect I Will Too, One Day

By Paul E. Allen

Full-color oil painting by Bill Johnson. Helicopter descending toward a burning mountainside, viewed from below with man crouching over radio equipment in foreground; lookout building visible through smoke and flames in background.

Natural Disaster Survival

I Stayed on My Job as Fire Lookout Until I Was Completely Surrounded by Flames

By Rod Diederick, as told to Eric Collier

An original color painting of a firetower lookout watching the flames of a wildfire

Natural Disaster Survival

A Wildfire Broke Out Just Miles from My Lookout Tower. I Had to Choose: Stay or Evacuate?

By Rod Diedrick, as told to Eric Collier

A grizzly walks in the snow

I Was Charged by a Grizzly with Three Cubs. All I Had Was My .38 Special

An illustration of a man touching a bear attack victim while his horse stands nearby from outdoor life

A Sheep-Killing Grizzly Mauled My Ranch Hand, Who Managed to Crawl a Mile for Help

By Dick Mosher, as told to Ben East

A grizzly bear falls off a cliff in an illustration with a red sky

I Was Trapped on a Cliff Edge, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly

Two hunters and a band of rams run from an avalanche

Natural Disaster Survival

My Client Was Finally in Position on Our Sheep Hunt. Then the Avalanche Struck

By Eric Collier

An illustration of a man lost in the woods running in front of a mirage station wagon

Wilderness Survival

My Buddy and I Got Lost on a Wilderness Hunt. I Survived, But He Didn’t

By Guy Beauregard

A close-up of death cap mushrooms.

Foraging & Gardening

Officials Beg Californians to Stop Picking Wild Mushrooms Amid Record Number of Poisonings

A vintage OL cover crop of a rabbit

After I Escaped from a German Labor Camp, I Survived on Rabbits and Pheasant

An illustration of the last grizzly bear in Colorado attacking a hunter.

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado By Stabbing It With an Arrow

A dog defends his owner from a bear.

My Dog Sacrificed Himself to Save My Life in a Brown Bear Attack

A man after being bit by a rattlesnake.

A Rattlesnake Bite on a Fishing Trip Cost Me a Leg, and Nearly My Life

A grizzly bear foraging in Yellowstone National Park.

Black Bear Hunter Kills a Charging Grizzly with His Rifle at 5 Yards

A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.

Wilderness Survival

A Fly-In Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Against Wolves and High Water

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

A group of foragers show off their morel harvest.

Foraging & Gardening

Minnesota Mushroom Hunters Haul in 1,500 Morels from One Spot

A teenager in a hospital bed; a tree that was struck by lightning.

Natural Disaster Survival

I Was Just Struck by Lightning While Catfishing. Here’s What It Felt Like