Badlands National Park in South Dakota is a treasure trove of fossils. Walk in any direction and you may find a fossil bone shard or tooth or seed or even a dung beetle ball (yes, seriously). If you are really lucky, you might even discover a fossil skull. But, how do you identify fossils out there when everything looks the same? And what should you do with that fossil find?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will reopen for the 2024 season on Saturday, June 1, and remain open through Wednesday, October 30. This will be the site’s first full open season since 2019 and follows a period of renovations and accessibility updates. During the first two days of the open season, June 1 and 2, the site will be open exclusively for self-guided open house visitation.

A solo climber trying to scale Denali via the West Buttress route apparently fell to their death during the past week, according to a release from Denali National Park and Preserve.

While the National Park Service stands atop all federal agencies in terms of favorability rankings, the agency's employees rank it as one of the worst places to work in the federal government.