Death Valley's car concerns aren't just relegated to smoking brakes, either. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death inside the park, said Superintendent Mike Reynolds, commenting after a ...

Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.

For 37 years — in a searing California desert — runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of ...

For 37 years in a searing California desert, runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of ...

After Peter Robino's one-mile hike, he got into his car and drove off a steep 20-foot embankment at the edge of the parking lot.

Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.

A previously dry area in Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake, following heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hilary. NPS. With a heat wave descending on the region this weekend, the ...

A man who drove his car off a steep 20-foot embankment at the edge of a parking lot in Death Valley National Park died of heat exposure later that day, the National Park Service says. A man got ...

Death Valley National Park, which was ravaged by summer storms that washed out roads and trails, will partially reopen Sunday and allow visitors to see a large temporary lake. The popular desert ...

The Death Valley National Park, which sits between California and Nevada, could take months to reopen after Tropical Storm Hilary dumped two inches of rain on the park.

Death Valley’s temporary lake, fed by one powerful summer storm, is down to inches as it dwindles in the park’s Badwater Basin.But as it evaporates, other parts of the national park are reopening.