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Bison Back in Banff After 130 Years
Parks Canada released 16 of the wooly ungulates in the national park in a pilot project to re-establish the species
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The National Park Service Warns Inauguration-Goers to Keep Off Its Lawn
The National Mall finally recovered from President Obama’s first inauguration, and rangers want to keep it that way
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America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park
Castle Garden went from fort to pleasure grounds to precursor of Ellis Island
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New Grants Give Out Millions to Preserve African-American History
A $7.5 million grant program will fund 39 projects in over 20 states
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New National Monuments Highlight Reconstruction and Civil Rights History
President Obama designated three Southern sites critical to sharing that story
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Harriet Tubman Is Getting Her Own National Historical Park
The park will tell the story of Tubman’s later years
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One of California’s Iconic “Tunnel Trees” Has Fallen
The Pioneer Cabin Tree was likely hundreds of years old
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Visit These Ten Sites Celebrating Major Anniversaries in 2017
From Jane Austen’s 200th anniversary to the founding of Denali National Park, there are plenty of events to fill your calendar
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From people stealing baby bison and Yosemite trademarks to epic blooms in Death Valley, 2016 has been an eventful centennial year for the NPS
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The Best Way to Protect the World’s Forests? Keep People in Them
Instead of kicking indigenous groups out, let them continue to manage these lands effectively, argues a new report
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Park Service May Boost Wolf Pack on Isle Royale
The NPS has proposed a plan to boost the wolf population on the island where currently only two inbred canines remain
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Wisdom the Oldest Known Albatross Is Having Another Baby
Old age hasn’t slowed down the prolific bird
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Another Weird Facet of America’s Strangest National Park: The Conscience Pile
People mail stolen rocks back to Petrified Forest National Park, but they can’t be returned to their original sites
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The Newest National Landmark Is Chock-Full of Dinosaur History
The West Bijou Site is home to a snapshot of the dinosaurs’ extinction
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Magnificent Millipede Has 414 Legs and Four Penises
Meet Illacme tobini, a newly described species of millipede discovered in a cave in Sequoia National Park
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First Dinosaur Fossils Discovered in Alaska’s Denali National Park
Paleontologists found four small fragments of dino fossils, proving the acidic soil 70 million years ago could have preserved bones
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Hungry for Morel Mushrooms? Head to Yosemite
It turns out that the shriveled shrooms love forests ravaged by fire
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How Yellowstone Scientists Really Combat Invasive Species
Yellowstone cutthroat trout are on the brink of extinction as invasive lake trout continue to eat them
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Beautiful Photos from America’s Six Least-Visited National Parks
These parks are less popular, but no less spectacular
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