A rock climber in a popular Utah climbing spot became trapped after his knee got stuck in the crack of the route.

A pilot survived not only a plane crash but also lived to tell the tale of being trapped on the wreckage for hours in the Florida Everglades.

A day of surfing on the California coast turned scary for one surfer after they became trapped between a rock wall and powerful waves. 

Two deputies near St. Petersburg, Florida held a manatee’s head above water for hours to help it breathe and ended up saving the animal’s life. Deputy Jill Constant got a call about a struggling manatee and rushed to the scene in Shell Key Preserve, a nature preserve near St. Petersburg. The manatee appeared to be [...]

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 [...]