Researchers pinpointed the riskiest events in terms of lightning and tornado exposure by mining data from more than 16,000 ...

North Carolina is home to two of America’s seven deadliest national parks, according to a just-released analysis by a company that specializes in protective railings and other safety features.

Seeing a dolphin splash off the Gulf Coast for the first time. Standing on the site where, at dawn one morning in 1864, the U ...

In order to minimize the federal workforce, the Trump Administration fired hundreds of National Park Service employees. How ...

From Maine to Florida, the U.S. National Park System offers more than a few gems on the East Coast. Many or all of the products on this page are from partners who compensate us when you click to ...

For the kickoff of the annual National Park Week, which for 2025 will be held April 19-27, the park service is offering free admission to all its parks and monuments on Saturday, April 19.

America's national parks are warming much faster than the rest of the nation is, and that could mean increasingly dangerous heat for tourists in the future, particularly during the peak of summer ...

And thanks to a widespread movement, they’re also unearthing community. Gays of National Parks was founded by Hitesh Tolani, who emigrated to the U.S. with his parents when he was one years old.

The free, in-person event will be held in the first-floor Seminar Center of the State Library in Baton Rouge at noon on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The State Library of Louisiana is located at 701 North ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Last year, the National Park System had a record 331.9 million visitors. Visits peaked during the month of July, which is the hottest time of the year for much of the United States.