FITCHBURG — Matt “Animal Man” Gabriel began developing a love of the outdoors as a young child. When he was 11 years old, his father bought him the survival manual “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to ...

Witness the fascinating process of survival building as a skilled outdoorsman constructs a sturdy A-frame hut and a unique ...

JESSIE KREBS just wants to go for a hike and feel raw rock beneath her thrift-store boots. She doesn’t want to be responsible for her companions, or to try to save or heal or teach them. That’s ...

Matt Shull knew it would be a challenge to find the perfect spot for a wilderness camp in metro Indianapolis, but it didn’t take him long to strike something close. The answer: a wooded northside ...

Experience the incredible journey of building a two-story hut and swimming pool by hand, deep in the wilderness. Watch as two ...

The internet is abuzz about Yellowjackets, Showtime’s new series about a high school soccer team that gets stranded in the Canadian wilderness for 19 months after a plane crash (and, on a split ...

Here are three essential tips for getting started. Before you go, tell someone exactly where you’re going and when you expect to be back. Otherwise, no one will know you’re missing. Check the weather ...

MOUNT VERNON — Two dozen kids could be found in the wilderness at Little Mountain Park for the Wilderness Survival Camp put on by the Mount Vernon Parks and Enrichment Services Department. Recreation ...

In a world filled with modern navigation tools, there is still a place where the humble compass can be used. Knowing how to make a compass, and teaching others how to make one, serves to develop a ...

A sense of creativity can help in a lot of ways on Alone. For starters, the contestants can only take 10 approved items from History’s gear list with them to their drop site. None of those items are ...