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Organizing camp is one of the great pleasures of backpacking, and the behaviors behind it are fundamentally encoded in our brains.

Beachcomber John Anderson, artist Jane Kim, and filmmakers Will and Jim Pattiz.

Six books worth your time.

Lessons in primate behavior on my first women’s surf trip.

A dusty exploration of the least-appreciated geology on the Colorado Plateau.

In Spain’s emptying countryside, nature is moving back in.

The story behind Fat Pika Week.

An empty Whaler. An incoming windstorm. A veteran lifeguard braces for what he’ll find.

How a former gang member found a different kind of vigilance in the Montana wild.

Conservation photographer Paul Nicklen talks about his most personal book yet.