Even though the U.S. federal government and most national parks are currently shutdown, this particular park is still ...

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A scene from the summer of 2003 might hold clues to how a changing climate will shape the role that wildfire plays in Glacier ...

A wealth of biodiversity has been discovered during ecological surveys of old livestock watering holes, known as dew ponds, ...

Though cave tours at the Mammoth Cave National Park have been suspended, visitors can still access campgrounds and trails.

Several dozen horses calmly graze along the shores of Mono Lake, a sparkling saline expanse spread out before the jagged ...

A fire that ravaged a third of a Namibia's Etosha National Park is "now contained", according to the country's environment minister, Indeleni Daniel. The blaze at the wildlife reserve, one of southern ...

The song of the noisy scrub-bird is being heard in WA's West Cape Howe National Park for the first time in more than a century. The functionally flightless bird was thought to be extinct but was ...

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said firefighters were called to the Marian Mill, west of Mackay, after 2pm to reports of a fire in the roof of a shed. A fire has broken out at a Marian Mill ...

National Geographic helped the famous conservationist get her start—and followed her chimpanzee research and advocacy for wildlife in a career that forever changed how we understand animal behavior.

A federal government shutdown has cut off services at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Restrooms will remain open and trash collection will continue as they are considered essential services.

DENVER (AP) — When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the state’s most-visited cultural attractions operating. Now, the group ...