Though Hurricane Beryl was roughly 1,200 nautical miles from Padre Island National Seashore on Tuesday, crews already were out on the barrier island's beaches searching for Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests. Any that were found were recorded with a GPS location so, in the event the hurricane took a hard swipe at the national seashore, the nests could be relocated after the storm.

There are more than 500 campgrounds across the National Park System, and not all are created equal. Which, in your mind, is the worst, and how could the National Park Service improve it?

The Charles Hall Ferry across Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area returns to service on July 4th.

A decision by the National Park Service to ban bear baiting by sport hunters in national preserves in Alaska but not address how moose, caribou, black bears, and wolves are hunting drew mixed response from wildlife and national park advocates.