A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors ...

After visiting all 63 national parks in the US, my favorites include Yosemite and Grand Teton. I think one of the worst parks is Gateway Arch.

Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new ...

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New data has revealed the best time to visit Botswana for a budget-friendly getaway, with hotels offering up major discounts ...

Jay Shah's little-known visit to Botswana was significant on several fronts - and a historic one too. It marked the ...

India embarks on an ambitious Cheetah Project, aiming to reintroduce cheetahs from Africa into its national parks. Eight ...

In the floodplains of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, scientists are seeing something both remarkable and heartbreaking. Elephants, renowned for their intelligence, are revealing something deeper: memory.

More and more people are using their time off to visit our country’s national parks. Numbers from the National Park Service (NPS) show a record 331.9 million visits in 2024. That’s an increase ...

America's national parks are warming much faster than the rest of the nation is, and that could mean increasingly dangerous heat for tourists in the future, particularly during the peak of summer ...

Do you like seeing the most beautiful parts of the U.S.A.? Are you a U.S. veteran or a Gold Star family member? Then you probably already know you can get a free lifetime entrance pass for federal ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Historian Wallace Stegner once called national parks "the best idea we ever had." But even our most treasured landscapes — Yellowstone ...