National Parks

There’s still one more chance in 2023 to take advantage of the U.S. National Park Service’s “fee-free” days.

Arizona and Utah will keep the iconic national parks in those states open if a federal government shutdown cuts off funding nationwide.

Nearby boaters assisted with the rescue after passengers jumped into the water to escape the fire near Glen Canyon National Park.

An 8-year-old camper is recovering after being attacked by a cougar in Washington’s Olympic National Park on Saturday.

A 57-year-old woman died on an eight-mile hike in Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday, when temperatures topped 100 degrees, park officials said.

The waterfalls of Yosemite National Park are in all their splendor after a record snowpack starts melting down with warmer temperatures.

The married couple were on a permitted, 16-mile hike through the park area known as the Narrows.

It’s March Madness for fans of the lumbering brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Already, tens of thousands of votes were cast for Fat Bear Week to find this year’s biggest heavyweight from what the park calls “some of the largest brown bears on Earth.”

Country music icon Garth Brooks spoke with NBC’s Paul Costabile about a first for his voice, narrating a TV series. Brooks voice can be heard on a new National Geographic show “America’s National Parks.”

After historic floods destroyed roads and nearby homes and pushed out over 10,000 visitors, Yellowstone National Park is set to reopen most entrances within the next two week with limited visitor access.

Created in 1872 as the United States was recovering from the Civil War, Yellowstone was the first of the national parks that came to be referred to as America’s best idea. Now, the home to gushing geysers, thundering waterfalls and some of the country’s most plentiful and diverse wildlife is facing its biggest challenge in decades. Floodwaters this week...