Anyone considering the purchase of a used vehicle should certainly take a test drive before closing the deal, but a recent incident at the Buffalo National River confirmed that "prudence is a virtue" only if prudence has a vote in the way that test drive is to be conducted.

Got a hankering for monitoring marmots? Call Olympic National Park.

If you're at a loss for things to do during National Park Week, which kicks off Saturday, you're not trying hard enough.

Nine months after a swimmer disappeared in the waters of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, his body apparently has been located and recovered with the help of side-scan sonar.