A century after his death, Floyd Collins—whose tragic celebrity helped inspire the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park—still endures a restless and unsettling afterlife.

What it takes to harvest a recovered predator in Louisiana's coastal wilderness

A brutal bear attack in rural Virginia raises a difficult question: what does it mean to welcome wildness back?

The Arkansas Delta has been scarred by engineering—swamps drained, forests razed. Today, it's mostly known for poverty and ruin. But have you ever seen it by bike?

For too long, the South has been overlooked by outdoor media. Well, no longer.

The Mississippi River is big, dangerous and industrialized. But from St. Louis down to the Louisiana bayous, more than 500 miles of the great American river remain wild. And you could have no better guide through the river’s ever-decreasing “wild miles” than John Ruskey.