Technical SAR Training / NPS Carrying a device capable of calling for emergency search and rescue (SAR) while in the backcountry can be a great source of comfort for adventurers and their families ...

A legal filing by the Trump administration is citing "national security" concerns to justify a planned meeting of the God Squad and attempts to put Rice's whale in danger of extinction.

Staff and funding cuts, hiring freezes, the erasure of history, and efforts to sell off public lands have plagued the National Park System during Trump's second presidential term.

A citizen science project asks hikers to snap a photo of the Jasper National Park landscape to monitor recovery from a once-in-a-century 2024 wildfire/Jennifer Bain On a bedrock knob overlooking a ...

Bipartisan legislation introduced Monday into both chambers of Congress would block drastic cuts in the National Park Service's fiscal 2026 budget and provide for hiring increases for the agency.

Looking to add a little spice to your life with an adventure that includes new friends, new skills, a new environment and, perhaps best of all, appreciation of the work you do? If this sounds ...

“Are you a birder?” the woman asked from the front seat of her pickup truck in the parking lot of a Newfoundland national park on New Year’s Eve. “Only for really special birds,” I admitted. “Yeah, ...

New mapping from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates the agency has returned to planning for a physical border wall in parts of Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Hovenweep National Monument preserves the architecture of six prehistoric sites built between A.D. 1200 and 1300. These six sites display careful attention and detail to the masonry still standing, ...

Jeff West, a retired Park Service superintendent, maintains the agency needs to rebuild its staff to avert a crisis/Courtesy The National Park Service does not suffer from a lack of something to do or ...

While the National Park Service, and other federal agencies, are in a state of turmoil under the administration's push to drastically shrink the size of government, the agency has no idea how many ...

The Yellowstone volcanic system is well known for being the source for some of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth. About 631,000 years ago, an eruption about 1,000 times bigger than the 1980 ...