Few sights in the natural world are as heart-melting as that of a baby elephant, its oversized ears flapping and tiny trunk ...

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US ...

Road trip! Pack your rations, hiking boots and water bottles. Join me on a literary tour through four atmospheric mysteries, set in and around our country’s national parks. First stop is Zion ...

The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park — with ... Getty Images This beastly tragedy comes as strife ...

The 12-year-old tree was grown at the National Park Service Greenhouse “in preparation for the removal of its parent.” The National Park Service, which manages the White House grounds ...

Some are grand and awe-inspiring, embodying the vision of what a national park likely looks like in your mind. Others, although still worth visiting, don't quite reach that same iconic standard.

The National Park Service on Monday returned an image of and quote from Harriet Tubman to a webpage about the Underground Railroad, following backlash after her presence on the page was ...

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Flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 23 people. From Texas to ...

Paige Bueckers had a fairy-tale end to her college basketball career, winning the national championship in her final game before entering the WNBA draft. The Huskies trounced South Carolina 82-59 ...