LURAY, Virginia — A wildfire burning in Shenandoah National Park forced closure of a section of both Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail, though firefighters on Tuesday seemed to have the upper ...

Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem will not lose their protections under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

A report from the Trust for Public Land reveals that there are more than 15,000 privately owned parcels spanning 2.5 million acres within U.S. national parks.

Elizabeth Valencia remembers swimming through a steel bulk freighter, the Chester A. Congdon, submerged at Isle Royale National Park, a remote island archipelago on Lake Superior in Michigan.

There's been a possible change in plans for a border wall through Big Bend National Park, one that could negate the need for an imposing physical structure.

A 'pride boss' in Central Kruger listens hard for signs of the whereabouts of the pride. Although he would prefer not to be forced to hunt for dinner (his job is concentrated more on defending the ...

There she was, alone on the beach enjoying the late-summer summer. Blue-grey with beautiful speckling, the harbour seal had a dog-like snout and holes on either side of her head instead of ear flaps.

Hiking the Grand Canyon could be more dangerous this year due to construction of the Transcanyon Waterline.

Highway 198 enters Sequoia National Park at the town of Three Rivers. Beyond the entrance station, the road is narrow and winding. Vehicles longer than 24 feet (7.3 meters) are not advised between the ...

An analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity identifies seven endangered animal species that would be pushed to the brink of extinction by a Trump administration effort to radically weaken ...

"I have found that some of the simplest things have given me the most pleasure. They didn't cost me a lot of money either. They just worked on my senses. Did you ever pick very large blueberries after ...

Medicinal and aromatic plants in the Appalachian Mountains, which have stood for hundreds of millions of years and contributed to biodiversity across the region, are facing threats from poaching, ...