A Canadian man has come forward to claim responsibility for leaving graffiti on rocks and historic structures in Death Valley National Park, though what punishment he will face remains to be seen. His dog, however, is blameless.

A company that uses a biplane to give air tours is seeking permission to offer tours over Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia.

Firefighters Monday were battling a wildfire that started outside of Everglades National Park but quickly entered the park and grew to roughly 1,400 acres.

Four months after a hunter said he was heading home from Lake Meredith National Recreation Area in Texas but never returned, his boat has been recovered and a search continues for his body.

Beaches, trails, and parking areas at Virgin Islands National Park reopened Monday in a partial move to return to normalcy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as the territorial governor relaxed his closure order.

What can you do during a 3-day visit to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson recently traveled there and returns with a description and photos of this eastern Oregon geologic wonder.

The unexpected loss in 2019 of six young horses drove the mortality rate of horses on Shackleford Banks at Cape Lookout National Seashore to twice its normal average, but overall the herd's population isn't too far off the goal set by the National Park Service.

While we're spending National Park Week tyring to enjoy the parks virtually, we also need to spend time pondering the condition of the National Park System and asking what needs to be done to show we really believe the parks are America's Best Idea. Just saying those three words doesn't make it so.

While staff at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado prepared to close the park Friday night, Guadalupe Mountains National Park closed earlier in the day, and staff at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts was dealing with garbage and vandalism.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed another national park, with Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota closed to all recreational use.

It's time, again, to test your national parks knowledge with the Traveler's National Parks Quiz And Trivia #6. See just how much you know about your national parks, and learn a little, too.

A plan to replace the deteriorating Yellowstone River Bridge in Yellowstone National Park has been approved, but it still needs funding.

Four conservation groups want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain why it rescinded a finding that an oil company's exploration work had damaged Big Cypress National Preserve, and that it require the company obtain a permit for any future exploration.

You'll need your imagination, and some virtual presentations, to enjoy National Park Week this year. With many units of the National Park System closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, most park travelers will have to celebrate the week virtually.

Great Basin National Park in Nevada shut down on Wednesday, another park victim of the coronavirus pandemic that the world is battling.

Steve and Lacy are wanted by rangers at Death Valley National Park. Steve is thought to be a Canadian who has taken to leaving his and his dog's name, Lacy, on rocks and historic structures in the park over the past two years.

While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that it hasn't found any "clear evidence" of adverse impacts from an oil company's exploratory work in Big Cypress National Preserve, an outside consultant who visited the preserve in March to examine the work has found a number of significant impacts to the landscape that could remain for years if not properly addressed.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan on Tuesday closed its trails, trailheads, picnic areas, parking areas, and boat launches to the public, and also banned beach fires in an expanded effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Various musings while waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to become a thing of the past and the National Park System to completely open and get back to normal...

Overnight camping at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin is being banned through June 20 at least in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. At El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico, more visitor facilities are shutting down.