Even though the county wanted to buy the Painted Hills parcel and connect it to Tucson Mountain Park, county officials balked at paying $93,000 an acre for a property with an assessed value at ...

A Yellowstone National Park tourist was gored by a bison when he got too close to the animal, according to officials. The 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Fla., was hooked by the bison’s horns ...

Spring is normally quiet at national park conservancies, the nonprofit groups that raise money and recruit volunteers for the U.S. National Parks. In March and April, staffers at these charity ...

The Painted Desert spans northern Arizona, stretching from the Grand Canyon to Petrified Forest National Park. This stunning landscape formed over millions of years through geological and climatic ...

Get out your hiking boots — National Park Week starts this weekend. For a whole week, national parks across the country, including those in Texas, are celebrating with themed days, special ...

Once upon a time, long before the hipsters descended on the Southern California desert to snap Instagrams ... which became a national park in 1994. They are part of decades of little-remarked ...

Iverson, who volunteered at the park before ... something like the national parks and public lands,” Iversen said. As part of the art on Graffiti Bridge, signs are painted asking for people ...

National park employees receive emails from the Department of the Interior about a possible second round of layoffs. The Mojave Desert Land Trust opposes the move, details repercussions of the ...

While the Grand Canyon may be Arizona’s most well-known national park, it’s not the only one worth a visit. With 22 total National Park Service monuments, parks, recreation areas, historic ...

Tucked away in the sun-scorched expanse of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, Desert National Park is an adventure seeker’s paradise. This stunning natural wonder sprawls over 3,162 sq. km in the ...

The area that is now Joshua Tree National Park wasn’t always a desert. During the Great Ice ... the NPS app to access interactive trail maps. If you’re up for a challenge, Sanchez recommends ...