Rangers are searching for two men seen harassing a bison calf in Grand Teton National Park.

The National Park Service has added eight sites to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, which connects sites that provide education, interpretation and research related to the period of Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Era (1861-1900) is one of the most fascinating and misunderstood periods in American History and includes stories of freedom, education and self-determination, according to the National Park Service.

An 80-year-old mountaineer attempting a solo climb of Mount Rainier was found dead five days after he was reported as overdue.

It was a warm, sunny day at Veterans Lake in Chickasaw National Recreation Area: butterflies fluttering, frogs hopping, and birds singing. I stepped to the edge of the lake, a long-handled net in my hand. I poked it into the algae-filled water, jabbing at plants rooted in the muck. I pulled the net up and peered insid