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Two Climbers Are Free-Climbing One of Yosemite’s Hardest Routes
Two athletes are halfway through an impressive 32-pitch climb up El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
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How a Misdrawn Map Put 1,400 Chimps and a Rare Plant in Peril
Miners and farmers are moving into a protected forest in Congo thanks in part to an administrative blooper
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A Third of Natural World Heritage Sites Are in Danger
From the Florida Everglades to Africa’s first national park, many crucial protected areas are in serious trouble
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The Grand Canyon Will Not Be Mined for Uranium
Uranium mining will be banned for the next 20 years on nearly 1 million acres of land near the Grand Canyon
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The Park Service Wants to Cull 900 of Yellowstone’s 4,900 Buffalo
The Park Service will be killing bison that stray from the park
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What Should the Price of Visiting Wilderness Be?
If passed, HR 5204 could introduce widespread fees for entering formerly free public lands
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Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks
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Want to See the New Massive Portrait on the National Mall? Go Up
The project, made of soil and sand, will cover five acres between the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial
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This Is Why the Park Service Banned Drones—One Just Crashed Into a Famous Hot Spring
This is why we can’t have nice things
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Civil War Battlefields Are Overrun With Deer
The Parks Department is going to spend $1.8 million to have hunters cull them
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Why Is Anyone Opposed to Reintroducing American Bison to the Wild?
The government wants to release some of Yellowstone’s bison to the wild
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With Wildfire Still Burning in Yosemite, Sequoias, At Least, Are Safe
Up and down the West Coast, extraordinary fire seasons are becoming more common—and making climate change worse
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Yes, Yellowstone’s Roads Just Melted. No, There’s No Reason to Panic
Yellowstone’s melting roads, while neat, aren’t as unusual as you’d think
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15 Beautiful Reader-Submitted Photos Celebrate Yosemite on Its 150th Birthday
To celebrate the park’s enduring beauty, check out some incredible Yosemite pictures from our photo contests
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Drones Are Now Banned From All National Parks
Drones are now prohibited in all national parks, not just Yosemite
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Prehistoric Rock Art Defaced in Utah
Visitors to Nine Mile Canyon decided to leave more than footprints at the longest art gallery in the world
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The Newest National Monument Is Twice as Big as Any Obama Has Created—And It’s Beautiful
The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region is the largest Obama has created, and has ruins, rocky mountains and astronaut-training sites
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An Expansive, Privately Funded Park in Patagonia Will Open to Visitors This Winter
This beautiful park—which foreign conversationists love—is putting wild animals and local gauchos at odds
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Stroll Along A Glass Walkway 918 Feet Above the Ground
Glacier Skyway is Jasper National Park’s newest attraction
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Yosemite National Park Bans Drones
The Park says that the use of drones can disturb other visitors and wildlife
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