As the summer crowds fade and cooler air sweeps in at America's national parks, the trails feel more inviting and the landscapes take on a fresh beauty. Shorter days bring the added bonus of ...

Autumnal colors fill Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. If you plan to fill your 2025 calendar with a few trips to America’s national parks, but you’re simultaneously hoping to keep costs low, ...

Behind the scenes, park advocacy groups and some staff members said all is not well in the country's national parks.

The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge has a lot of friends. They volunteer to construct piers, bridges and ...

My family and I arrived at Grand Teton National Park on the Fourth of July weekend — with our tents and chuck box and backpacks — hoping to explore an iconic bit of American wilderness. And it did not ...

When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the state's most-visited cultural attractions operating. Now, the group is committed ...

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday morning with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about ...