US National Parks News

U.S. Park Police say a man was fatally struck by two U.S. Secret Service vehicles at a Suitland Parkway intersection.

MEDFORD -- The Wall That Heals, a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on display on Medford Middle School grounds from today through Sunday.

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LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nev. - The federal Interior Department says it'll spend $16.7 million in stimulus funds to improve roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in southern Nevada.

Dozens of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park might be moved to a Montana ranch owned by billionaire Ted Turner, who plans to keep 75 percent of the offspring for commercial purposes.The animals were spared from a slaughter program meant to protect Montana's cattle industry from a disease carried by many buffalo.The plan was to use the spared ...

Rangers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park located three lost hikers in the Abrams Fall area at around 7 p.m. Monday, according to a press release from the park.

It was like Kruger National Park for a short while at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Sunday afternoon when a wild deer from Rock Creek Park leapt over the zoo enclosure into the lion exhibit.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In the world of dog mushing, there aren't many jobs with a steady paycheck.

Construction is wrapping up for the winter on part of the major reconstruction of the Going to Sun Road in Glacier National Park.

A coalition of environmental and American filed suit to stop the slaughter of bison that wander outside Yellowstone National Park.

Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida's governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast.

Yellowstone National Park is home to some of the most amazing natural sights in the world, not the least of which is the Morning Glory Pool.

It will be tough to snap a sunset from atop Clingmans Dome next spring, as road work is expected to close the road to the observation tower from mid-February to May 28.

A wild deer wandered over from Rock Creek Park and jumped right into the lion exhibit at the National Zoo on Sunday afternoon.

Crews were expected to begin moving a notable cell phone tower on Sunday to make way for an expansion on Interstate 55.

Family, fun, and free!! On Saturday, November 28, families can join a Park Ranger for a free round-trip ride aboard the Lowell National Historical Park Trolley.

I know many people will be applauding this funding. A new federal law includes $1 million to acquire an additional 78 acres of land for Albuquerque's Petroglyph National Monument in the area known as the northern geologic window.

Grant Woollacott might be only 17, but he has big dreams of being a bestselling nonfiction writer.

Crews have been surveying cemeteries in Mammoth Cave National Park to make permanent records of the graves for the park's cemetery database.

Gov. Ed Rendell leans on his shovel during the ground breaking for the Flight 93 National Memorial Saturday, Nov.