great outdoors

Summer has reached its peak, and there's still plenty of time to enjoy the great outdoors.

President Barack Obama is promoting a new effort to protect public lands and boost conservation, an initiative that mostly rebrands current programs under a new name.

Love the great outdoors but hate the idea of sleeping on the ground in a lumpy sleeping bag and taking cold showers? Then the increasingly popular trend of "glamping" is for you.

Reporting from Camp Hale, Colo. - As soon as Renee Legro saw the sheep, she screamed.

Canadians still love the great outdoors, a new poll suggests, as almost four in 10 survey respondents said they go camping at least once a year.