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Smithsonian Magazine9d
What’s So Hot About Chili Peppers?
Tomás Carlo Seated in the bed of a pickup truck, Joshua Tewksbury cringes with every curve and pothole as we bounce along the edge of Amboró National Park in central Bolivia. After 2,000 miles ...
Escape the crowds at the lower 48’s most remote national park
Lake Superior’s Isle Royale, an archipelago of 400 islands, is one of the least visited national parks. Here's why you should ...
Mercury News3d
See the grandeur of our nation during National Park Week
Saturday, April 19, 2025, was the first day of National Park Week, an annual celebration of America’s 433 national parks. Admission to all parks was free that day, and many of the parks have ...
Travel + Leisure13d
This National Park Has a Vineyard, Long-distance Bike Trail, and 60-foot Waterfall—and It’s Not Where You’d Expect
The draw? Cuyahoga Valley National Park, an outdoor oasis that’s less than 40 minutes from my front door in Cleveland. I hike, bike, or run in the 33,000-acre destination almost monthly ...
Travel + Leisure6d
This Is the Quietest Place in the Continental U.S.—and It’s in a Rainforest National Park Just 3 Hours From Seattle
Those distant summits are the Olympic Mountains, the towering heart of Olympic National Park. Encompassing nearly a million acres on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park is ...
Gorillas in Congo's Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed
A recently published paper reveals that soil scratching by gorillas in Congo's Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is a foraging ...