The permanent staff cuts could leave parks understaffed and facing tough decisions about operating hours, public safety, and ...

Big Bend National Park is often considered one of the best national parks in the Lower 48 for stargazing, though the Rio Grande River is also a boon for adventurous kayakers and canoers.

Murie's report would become a landmark in understanding the species, which had been systematically eliminated in the Lower 48. It would ... images of the national parks and the people who played ...

Dall sheep America's first national park is also one of the best places for wildlife watching. Yellowstone is home to the largest concentrations of mammals in the lower 48 states, including a ...

It is also home to diverse wildlife with the largest concentration of mammals in the Lower 48 states, including grizzly bears, wolves, bison and elk. Yellowstone consistently ranks among the most ...

Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist ... two tight gorges packed with waterfalls and swimming holes. Lower and Upper Whiteoak Canyon Falls are the highlights, as ...