Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, could undergoe a name change back to the name the Cherokee used for time immemorial. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council last week approved a resolution to forward an application to the federal government asking that the 6,643-foot high summit be renamed Kuwohi, a Cherokee word that means "Mulberry Place."

Frank Dean, who has led the Yosemite Conservancy since 2015, will be stepping down from the organization this summer.

A national park site is not a home for wayward cats. That's the decision of the National Park Service at San Juan National Historic Site and the Paseo del Morro National Recreational Trail, where feral cats have had a home and food service for years.

Is a caldera a landform or a type of volcano? Turns out, it’s both. Which can be a little confusing.