National Parks

The report by scientists with the National Park Service detailed widespread destruction from the Castle Fire that burned more than 270 square miles of timber in Sequoia National Park.

In the video, the woman can be seen approaching a mother bear and two cubs to take pictures or videos. She runs off only when the mother bear charges at her.

The remains of Mason Stansfield, 28, were collected by mountaineering rangers hours after he was killed.

Evan Matthews filmed the moment a black bear in Grand Teton National Park tried to make a meal out of him.

The mayor of Tokyo gifted thousands of cherry trees to the nation's capital in 1912.

The park in southern Orange County will remain closed until further notice.

Officials have revealed the reason why external lights went out at the obelisk in D.C. overnight on Sunday.

Officials have launched an investigation after external lights went out at the obelisk, shrouding it in darkness overnight on Sunday.

Darrell House, a Native American and Marine veteran, posted a video of the incident, which occurred while he was hiking at the Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico, on his Instagram page.

Drowning was the leading cause of death.

There's been so much in my life that has been unexpected. In 2015, I met President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in Washington. And in 2018, I sang a song with the Oakland Symphony before a full house.

An investigation into the attack is now underway, the National Park Service has said.

The woman walked nearly two miles after being bitten in order to get to her car, before driving herself to a hospital.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California's oldest, totals 18,000 acres, all of which are "gone" after the CZU August Lightning Complex fire ripped through it this week.

We've fought hard to find the right balance between protecting our public health and supporting the economy. Passing the Great American Outdoors Act addresses the need for both.

The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil is known for its dunes that fill up with rainwater during the wet seasons.

The event hadn't been held in over a decade over fears that the pyrotechnics might ignite the nearby forest.

The National Environmental Policy Act doesn't insist that the most environmentally friendly option be enacted. It simply establishes procedures that promote good decisions and transparency.

Invasive species are now a "huge" issue in national parks and the problem is "far, far worse now" than it was twenty years ago, researchers say.

Last year, 17 people died at the site, with nine involving search and rescue teams.

A statue of Orville Wright has been stolen from a monument dedicated to the Wright Brothers in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

The proposed route of the wall cuts across several national parks, blocking the path of hundreds of animal species and forever altering our cherished landscapes and ecosystems.

The first lady will meet with children and "encourage them to spend more time outdoors & learn about our amazing National Parks," her spokeswoman tweeted.

The non-profit says that the Ambler Mining Road would disrupt Western Arctic caribou migration, cross over hundreds of rivers and streams, and interfere with the subsistence lifestyles of rural Alaskans.

Burned out, this couple hit the road on an epic road trip from Florida to the West Coast to Alaska and everything in between.

"Funds should be directed to the agency's highest needs such as operation of the parks and the maintenance backlog and should not be directed to support political objectives," the organization said.

A report found that 96 percent of 417 national parks have significant air pollution problems in at least one of four categories.

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The damage assessment is likely preliminary, as officials were still collecting evidence for a report that will be sent to the U.S. Department of Interior in the coming weeks.