As many as 3.7 million Americans are classified as preppers or survivalists. Being a "doomsday prepper" is not easy -- or cheap. These people prepare for different disasters for different reasons.

The day after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Eric Shonkwiler looked at his hiking bag to figure out what supplies he had. “I began to look at that as a resource for escape, should that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Duhamel has been working for 15 years on his very own cabin in Minnesota. The Ransom Canyon star recently opened up in an ...

One lives in the bush for $50 a week. Another grows vegetables in South Australia. Meet Australia's doomsday preppers. This audio is voiced by AI and may occasionally mispronounce words. Share your ...

Editor’s Note: Arianna LaPenne is a documentary filmmaker from New York City who has directed Emmy-nominated, and Peabody and Edward R. Murrow award-winning work in more than 50 countries. Her recent ...

A few weeks ago, I became convinced I ought to buy a compass. Also a tent, a LifeStraw, and solar chargers. Was I embarrassed about this 48-hour panic? Yes. But reading an op-ed at two in the morning ...

For reasons that I don’t understand, my home-for-the summer college daughters have taken to watching episodes of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers. Sometimes, I watch with them. The show, which ...