On Christmas Day, Yellowstone National Park's beloved wolf 907F, called the Queen of the Wolves, died from injuries sustained during a fight with a rival pack.

Mammoth Cave National Park’s Heritage Trail, Old Guides Trail, and visitor center pedestrian bridge will be closed for nine months starting Monday, January 6, to allow for work to complete the Heritage Trail Rehabilitation Project that will improve the trail’s visual profile, enhance the visitor experience, and maintain wheelchair accessibility while reducing the park’s annual maintenance requirements.

The Upper Colorado River Commission has issued a statement advocating that every state in the Colorado River Basin works for a practical, clear-eyed approach to water management following last month's Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas.

Eight-hundred-thousand dollars is being spent on shoreline restoration projects at Cumberland Island National Seashore, Fort Matanzas National Monument, and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.

Montana officials, saying they've not been given "a fair shake," filed a New Year's Eve lawsuit over Yellowstone National Park's bison management plan.

One of the world’s most magnificent forests, the California Redwood belt was a two-million-acre ecosystem containing many of the world’s largest and tallest trees.

Long before the 2024 explosion of Black Diamond Pool brought renewed attention to hydrothermal hazards in Yellowstone National Park, there was Excelsior Geyser. In the late 1800s, that feature set a standard for hydrothermal explosions.

The decision by staff at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida not to propose any wilderness-eligible lands for official wilderness designation has been approved by the regional director.

It's been quite a year in the National Park System, and on the web pages of the National Parks Traveler.

A proposed fee increase for private river trips through Grand Canyon National Park if approved will more than triple the cost to individuals, with the revenues targeted to help with river restoration and mitigation projects.

There are too many stories about Yellowstone and Grand Teton national park visitors getting in troubling situations with wildlife.

Hurricane damage, tribal co-stewardship, toppled beach houses, and suffering horses were among the top stories from around the National Park System this past year.

Jimmy Carter started out as a small-town peanut farmer, and held just one term as president of the United States, but during those four years he signed legislation creating more than three dozen national parks, including the country's largest, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

The sale of 640 acres within Grand Teton National Park from the state of Wyoming to the Interior Department was finalized Monday, ensuring permanent protection for the parcel that is key for migratory wildlife and erasing concerns that the property might have been sold for development.

President-elect Trump once again says he'll change the name of America's tallest mountain.

Death Valley National Park’s Emigrant Canyon Road, damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Hilary back in August 2023, will close January 6 for repairs and not reopen until March.

It's been a tumultuous four years for the National Park System and the National Park Service, with powerful storms and wildfires sweeping the parks, insufficient funding and declining staff when you consider the addition of ten units since President Biden took office, and some questionable decisions.

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, which straddles Kentucky and Tennessee, recently repaired 16 miles of the Cumberland Valley Loop Horseback Riding Trail, located in the heart of the park's trail system.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site begins phased reopening after Hurricane Helene.

Nantucket Barrier Beach and Wildlife Refuge is the newest National Natural Landmark.