A flood watch and a winter storm warning have been issued by the National Weather Service for areas of Sequoia and Kings ...

The SPEED Act could weaken the review process that identifies and assesses potential environmental concerns before federal ...

The National Park Service has reopened several flood-damaged roads in Death Valley National Park in recent days.

Your support for the National Parks Traveler comes at a time when news organizations are finding it hard, if not impossible, to stay in business. Traveler's work is vital. For nearly two decades we've ...

In publishing, no less than investing, timing can be everything. Consider how this book, intended as an architectural history, has since morphed into an inspiration. But two months before its release, ...

Lakes Powell and Mead on the Colorado River are less than two-thirds full, leaving scientists, economists, and water law experts fearful that the reservoirs could soon be useless.

Betty Reid Soskin, the trailblazing National Park Service ranger who became the oldest active ranger in the United States until her retirement at age 100, passed away on December 21.

The rustic accommodations of national park campsites get us closer to nature than private campgrounds outside the park. But opting for that primitive experience often puts RVers like you and me in the ...

Giant sequoias are no stranger to fire, but if they are to withstand large conflagrations such as those burning in California this year, fire has to be a regular visitor to the groves of these big ...

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 ...

Relaxation doesn’t come naturally to everyone, so when I grudgingly slipped into the steamy, mineral-rich water at Radium Hot Springs, I couldn’t help but think of that deadly day in 1967 when a semi ...