The Midwest has a ton of islands, but we found the most serene, sparsely populated options that put nature first and offer a ...

Christmas Island is a spectacular oceanic island that rises abruptly from the tropical waters of the eastern Indian Ocean. Its landscape is mostly covered with tropical rainforest and rugged limestone ...

Birders who visit Sleeping Bear to catch a glimpse of the endangered piping plover may be in for some heartbreak this year.

National parks reported a record-high number of nearly 332 million visitors last year, just as President Donald Trump's mass purge of federal employees hits the agency, causing concern for an ...

Wisconsin saw more visitors at sites managed by the National Park Service last year, and America’s national parks had a record number of visitors. News of the growing demand at the parks comes ...

Firefighters on New York's Long Island gained control of a wind-driven brush fire in the Pine Barrens on Sunday, about a day after Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said ...

Channel Islands National Park includes five islands off the Ventura coast Rally took place on park's 45th anniversary 10% of the park's workforce was reportedly fired Kate Faulkner stood in a ...

Chan was on a weekend trip in Yosemite when he received the call that his job at the Channel Islands National Park had been terminated in the name of “increasing efficiency.” After five seasons ...

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 — enough to set a record. The NPS has reached a new overall milestone, with almost 331.9 million ...

Fired National Park Service and Forestry Service workers share how the loss of their jobs could impact visitors. Courtesy of Kenan Chan, Eileen Kramer, Robert Hartwig For the past seven years ...

For the past seven years, Jaelle Downs cleaned up messes. As a forestry technician and wilderness ranger for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, Downs picked up trash that campers ...

America’s national parks are known for their vast tracts of unspoiled wilderness, and we love celebrating the trails that take you deep into the backcountry of these iconic landscapes.