As a survivalist who has been in some of the world’s most hostile environments, Bear Grylls has often talked about the four priorities of survival – Protection, Rescue, Water, and Food. Getting rescued, says Bear, should be higher on the list than even water or food. In some situations, getting rescued is the only way [...]

Meg O’Neil was a lot of things. She was a skilled ice climber, an experienced outdoorswoman, and a mentor to dozens of aspiring climbers and mountaineers. And, as her final actions proved, she was also a selfless friend. On April 2, O’Neil was climbing Raven Falls, a frozen cascade in northern Utah, with two climbing [...]

Experts are mystified by a series of dolphin beachings that has killed several of the mammals and appears to have injured or weakened many others. About 40 melon-headed whale dolphins washed up on shores east of Tokyo over the last few days, and that’s just the most recent incident. This school of dolphins did get [...]

Last week, four sailors were making their way across the open ocean between Ecuador and French Polynesia when they hit a whale. The collision was so forceful that the ship went down, leaving the crew stranded in the middle of the Pacific. They didn’t see the whale coming. One of them was on watch while [...]

We love condiments as much as the next person, but surviving 24 days at sea on condiments alone is an ordeal no one should have to go through. Unfortunately for Elvis Francois, there was no other choice.  The Dominican sailor was doing some maintenance projects off the coast of St. Martin this past December when [...]

Weeks after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria, rescuers are still patrolling the rubble in search of lost pets. There are plenty left to be found. Right now, teams of volunteers are working around the clock to get these animals the life-saving care they need. They’re also scrambling to reunite the animals [...]

Florida rescuers recently responded to a manatee in a particularly strange predicament. The animal had gotten a fishing lure caught in its mouth and flipper simultaneously, effectively attaching its foot to its face.  Fortunately, an onlooker spotted the manatee in trouble and called up the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), which sent staff [...]

A 30-year-old Bolivian man has defied the odds by surviving 31 days in the Amazon with nothing but a shotgun and a single cartridge. (We can’t wait for this to be turned into a Netflix series.)  On January 25, 2023, Jhonattan Acosta was hunting with four friends when he was separated from his group, reports [...]

If you’re ever lost in the wilderness and you think that people are looking for you, the internationally recognized distress signal is three small fires, lit in a triangular formation, which can be spotted from above by rescue craft. On the other hand, if no one knows where you are or you can’t find a [...]

Last Friday, two teenage hikers were rescued after spending 48 hours lost and snowed-in on California’s Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The two 17-year-olds, Riley Ramirez of Cypress, California and Cole White of Portland, Oregon, were left huddling for warmth amid five-foot snow drifts.  The teens began their excursion on Feb. 26, reports the Palm Springs [...]