Efforts to block what has been described as the world's largest digital data processing plant from locating next to Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia have been joined by six advocacy ...

LURAY, Virginia — A wildfire burning in Shenandoah National Park forced closure of a section of both Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail, though firefighters on Tuesday seemed to have the upper ...

Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem will not lose their protections under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

A report from the Trust for Public Land reveals that there are more than 15,000 privately owned parcels spanning 2.5 million acres within U.S. national parks.

Elizabeth Valencia remembers swimming through a steel bulk freighter, the Chester A. Congdon, submerged at Isle Royale National Park, a remote island archipelago on Lake Superior in Michigan.

There's been a possible change in plans for a border wall through Big Bend National Park, one that could negate the need for an imposing physical structure.

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is located far north of densely-populated city centers, yet this park is not without threats to its environment, wildlife, and landscape, including ...

A 'pride boss' in Central Kruger listens hard for signs of the whereabouts of the pride. Although he would prefer not to be forced to hunt for dinner (his job is concentrated more on defending the ...

“Are you a birder?” the woman asked from the front seat of her pickup truck in the parking lot of a Newfoundland national park on New Year’s Eve. “Only for really special birds,” I admitted. “Yeah, ...

There she was, alone on the beach enjoying the late-summer summer. Blue-grey with beautiful speckling, the harbour seal had a dog-like snout and holes on either side of her head instead of ear flaps.

A printable PDF version of the park’s summer/fall newsletter “Reflections” is available here. This newsletter contains a list of some hikes with descriptions, distances, and fitness levels. If you ...

Grand Canyon National Park will implement additional water conservation measures on the South Rim starting Saturday, April 11, due to a series of significant breaks in the 12½ mile-long Transcanyon ...