US National Parks News

Biologists have flocked to Alcatraz Island to get a glimpse of a seabird that is believed to have never previously visited the waters of the Pacific.

A judge has reserved three weeks this summer for a trial involving a proposed tribal national park in southwestern South Dakota.

After $15 million in repairs and a shutdown of some 32 months, the Washington Monument is reopening in May - and you can start reserving your tickets Wednesday.

We all go through growing pains as we get older, and that seems to be the case with the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park , as the geyser isn't as faithful as it once was and could eventually go dormant.

Hundreds of low-level and medium-sized earthquakes have struck central Idaho since last month, puzzling geologists who wonder whether the ruptures portend a much larger temblor to come or are merely the rumblings of a seismic fault previously thought to be dormant.

For the past dozen years or more, during the first full week of April, I have celebrated the return of spring to Sandy Hook Bay and Raritan Bay with an all-day Osprey count along the edge of the estuary.

According to Monday's News Tribune, a dog who was believed to be dead was rescued from the mud by rangers at the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington.

Come celebrate Earth Day at Rocky Mountain National Park. A special Earth Day event will be held Saturday, April 19, at Beaver Meadows Visitor Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Earth Day is a great way the world can unite around the importance of environmental service.

Wildlife officials say the annual count of a major elk herd that migrates between Yellowstone National Park and Montana was unable to be completed this year.

A Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a 3,000-mile journey from Montana.

Trying to reset a granite obelisk is not a task to be taken lightly - especially when it weighs 1,400 pounds.

Hundreds of people gathered in more than 100 cities around the world this month to celebrate International Pillow Fight Day.

A woman is in the hospital after reportedly staying in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for nearly two weeks.

The East Fork of the Quinault River is moving faster than plans to save the historic Enchanted Valley Chalet in Olympic National Park.

Authorities say suicide is suspected in the death of a man who apparently jumped from the top of a popular climbing spot in Yosemite National Park.

Now through April 25, the Estes Valley Library invites cardholders to cast their vote for this year's One Book One Valley all-community reading event.

Some of the $2.2 million donation will go towards paying down the debt on the park's Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee, N.C./Great Smoky Mountains Association.

Construction gets underway this spring to complete a bicycle trail between Glen Arbor and Empire in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

A new study on the geology and hydrology in the area around Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park provides suggestions on how to avoid harming the famous geyser.

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