Chicken eggs are pretty good chum, but alligator and crocodile eggs, sea turtle eggs, and even bird eggs are also high on the menu for black-and-white Argentine tegus, a lizard that arrived in Florida through the pet store trade and is threatening to upend Everglades National Park's ecosystems.

Yellowstone National Park announced Thursday that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain. This announcement follows a 15-0 vote affirming the change by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), the federal body responsible for maintaining uniform geographic name usage throughout the federal government.

For the second consecutive year, peregrine falcon chicks have successfully fledged and are learning to fly at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia. Out of four hatchlings, three chicks survived the vulnerable nestling phase and have entered the fledging phase after they developed feathers enabling them to fly. 

Katmai National Park and Preserve is "bear-y" excited to reveal the winning design for the 2022 Brooks Camp Bear Pins. This year's design competition winner is Analise Kosbruk, a 13-year-old from Perryville, Alaska.