Yosemite National Park News

Tree branches can fall at the most unexpected times. Common sense would say that downed branches are most common in rainy, windy and cold winter conditions, but a phenomenon known as "summer branch drop" goes ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - High above a silver-blue mountain lake, a gray-bearded man tromped up a rocky slope and peered at a small metal trap.

Oak tree limbs and even whole oak trees are falling in the Sierra, posing high risk of injury and death.

As she waited for a tow truck in North Carolina, Linda Quinn recalls thinking about how cool it was that she had made it all the way from Wrightwood on her Vespa scooter - and still had a long ride ahead of ...

After observing several large oak tree failures earlier this month around El Portal and Mid Pines, Yosemite National Park issued a warning to residents and visitors to take proper precautions.

Does it matter that fewer Americans are interested in visiting Yosemite National Park? Photo by Jon Sullivan via Wikipedia.

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson will move on from his position at the end of the year to become president of the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, which is the primary source of fundraising for park ...

Residents interested in Yosemite National Park will have a chance to learn about the Merced and Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River Plans and future projects in store at an open house next week.

" Yosemite National Park Superintendent Mike Tollefson will be leaving his post at the end of the year to become the new president of the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, it was announced today by The Yosemite Fund and ...

The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California is packed with day hikes. Some lead to majestic mountaintops.

If you are like many parents, you've found that getting your kids to spend time outdoors is nearly impossible.

A new postage stamp featuring the unsurpassed beauty of Yosemite National Park was unveiled today in a ceremony in Yosemite Valley.

Professor Michael Dawson will be this month's speaker in the Frontiers of Science and Engineering lecture series at 10 a.m. Sept.

In the eyes of many artists and photographers, Yosemite National Park is a gold mine of opportunity that has literally been stripped dry by world-famous photographer Ansel Adams.

OROVILLE Fire officials pushed back containment predictions for fires burning near Lake Oroville and Yosemite National Park.

Driving into Yosemite Valley wasn't the easiest or smoothest ride in the country in 1922, in spite of what was written in the advertisements that abounded in newspapers at the time.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Scientists predict that climate change will mean more rainfall and less snow in Yosemite in the next 50 years.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA. 09/02/05 SPT EPZ OUTTHERE DANA FORK The Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River just downstream from Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park.

Wildfires Fire crews close to containing fire near Yosemite MARIPOSA, Calif. California firefighters are close to containing a wildfire that's destroyed more than 20 homes near Yosemite National Park.

The Telegraph fire in Mariposa County was reported 100 percent contained on Wednesday, and two more homes were added to the destroyed list, raising the tally to 30.