A USA TODAY analysis found more than 600 fires that burned at least partly inside national parks in the past four decades.

If you want to spend some time in world-class nature, check out America's largest national park. Sadly, it's also one of the ...

It doesn't take much driving outside of Alaska's largest city to get to the wild. This enormous state park has hundreds of ...

Here’s the state of affairs at national parks and what NPCA says Congress must do — now — to save our National Park System.

At first, the lands were used mainly for their resources, to build railroads and for settlement. Starting in the 1860s and then particularly in the following several decades, the U.S. government began ...

Learn more about books and DVDs about national parks from Elisabeth Wielgus, technical services aide at Columbus Public Library.

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

A powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia has generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section ...

A tsunami advisory is in effect for Washington’s outer coast, the Columbia River estuary coast and the Juan de Fuca Strait ...

A conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with federal policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.

Test your knowledge of US counties with this quiz! Learn about their purpose, the states with the most or fewest unique ...

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...