Traveler's Gear Box: The Lowepro Flipside 500 AW Backpack
Love at first sight: A photographer's connection with Lowepro's Flipside 500 AW backpack.
- By Rebecca Latson - December 26th, 2013 1:14pm
Big Bend National Park
Exploring The Parks: Big Bend National Park In December
Happy Holidays, everybody! It’s almost the end of the year and after digging up some extra vacation days from beneath the couch cushions, I decided to take a mid-December road trip to Big Bend National Park
- By Rebecca Latson - December 22nd, 2013 2:45am
Big Bend National Park Seeking Public Input On Proposed Fossil Exhibit
Though it looks anything but a great habitat for prehistoric animals today, Big Bend National Park's landscape has a rich connection with the long-ago past. And to display some of that history, park officials are proposing to build a fossil exhibit along the Fossil Discovery Trail.
- By NPT Staff - November 8th, 2013 2:30am
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Earns Designation As An International Dark Sky Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico is home to both outstanding archeological resources and an increasingly rare treasure—dark nights that allow for outstanding viewing of the night skies. The park has just become one of only a dozen
Dark Sky Park's recognized around the world by the non-profit International Dark Sky Association (IDA).
- By Jim Burnett - August 31st, 2013 3:15am
A View From The Overlook: Mountain Bikes
First of all, and most paramount, we must say that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with mountain bikes.
- By PJ Ryan - June 26th, 2013 4:03am
Fossilized Remains Of New Dinosaur Species Unearthed At Big Bend National Park
For many, Big Bend National Park would not be the first place you would associate with fossilized dinosaur remains. However, the park located in south Texas continues to surprise researchers with the fossils that turn up.
- By NPT Staff - June 12th, 2013 3:03am
Reader Participation Day: Which Flowers Mean "Spring Is Here" In The National Parks?
The spring and early summer blooming season is well underway in much of the country, and for many people that brings to mind some specific varieties of wildflowers or blooming trees or shrubs that they associate with a particular National Park Service area. Do you have any favorite "park flowers"?
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- By Jim Burnett - June 24th, 2013 11:30am
Port Of Boquillas Border Crossing Open Once Again In Big Bend National Park
More than a decade after it was closed in the wake of the September 1, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Port of Boquillas border crossing at Big Bend National Park is back in business.
- By NPT Staff - April 23rd, 2013 3:03am
Desert Treasures: Spring Blooms In Big Bend National Park
Thoughts of spring wildflowers usually bring visions of lush hills and meadows with picturesque streams. But not the desert. Certainly not arid West Texas. Yet by April, especially in years following a wet autumn, wildflowers and cacti turn the rugged landscape of Big Bend National Park into a palette of rainbow hues. And migrating birds add their colorful magic to the trees and thorn-covered vegetation.
- By George Oxford Miller - March 24th, 2013 3:03am
Updated: Hiker In Big Bend National Park Attacked By Mountain Lion
A remote section of Big Bend National Park remained closed Monday in the wake of a mountain lion attack that left a visitor with minor injuries.
- By NPT Staff - November 26th, 2012 10:24am
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