With construction on a new lodge at the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park set to begin in May, the area will be closed to the public for about two years.

More than $1 million in grants from the National Park Foundation is allowing investments into the country's national scenic trails and wild and scenic rivers.

The Jemez Pueblo successfully asserted its aboriginal title to the Banco Bonito area within Valles Caldera National Preserve, securing the right to use, occupy, and possess the land for traditional cultural and religious purposes.

Commercial truckers who head onto the Newfound Gap Road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to bypass storm-damaged roads on routes around the park that straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border are being ticketed by the National Park Service and could face $5,000 fines.

Wayside signs that provide some Shoshone-Bannock tribal interpretation of lava flows in Idaho have been added to the trails at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.

A species of newt found only at Crater Lake in Oregon might qualify for protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Saratoga National Historical Park in upstate New York has gained a bit more than 25 acres on the heights overlooking the Fish Kill and containing a majority of the American artillery emplacements that represented the central segment of the siege line between the fighting for Bemis Heights and the ultimate surrender of the British Army.

Mammoth Cave needs trail maintenance. Now's your chance to comment on the park's environmental assessment for a new maintenance plan.

The Coalition to Protect America's National Parks has joined other organizations in siding with a lawsuit aimed at preventing a massive data center covering about 22 million square feet from being built next to Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

The National Trail System in the United States spans many thousands of miles of foot trail. The crown jewels of that system, of course, are the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Pacific Crest Trail.

Canaveral National Seashore, which received some damage from Hurricane Milton, plans to begin to reopen to the public on Friday.

A fire destroyed part of the popular Kirby Storter Boardwalk at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida.

A bird that hadn't been seen in decades is finally spotted again in Petrified Forest National Park.

If you haven’t visited a park lodge for several years, and are in the planning stage for next year, be prepared for sticker shock, because overnight stays in many national park lodges won’t be cheap.

Alaska is a big state (twice the size of Texas) with 19 National Park System units, eight of which are national parks. So how about a quiz focused on these eight parks? How many of you have traveled to any or all of them, and just how much do you really know? Test your knowledge with these 10 quiz questions. You might learn something from the questions as well as the trivia.

Yosemite National Park is calling their reservation system quits weeks earlier than previously announced.

Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions and glaciations. But how does this work? It turns out that rocks, like humans, can get a sunburn!

The National Park Service is hosting special events commemorating abolitionist John Brown’s attempt to seize weapons from the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry in an effort to spark an anti-slavery uprising.

Measurements from recent mountaineering trips indicate Mount Rainier's summit has shrunk since 1998.

Partners of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail gathered to celebrate the designation of a Glacial Passage Area.