As nighttime settled across a national park in Australia, an “extremely rare” mammal with “long” feet bounded into a forest clearing and circled around a bush. Unbeknownst to it, a nearby trail camera ...

The federal government’s shutdown entered Day 2 on Thursday as neither side showed signs of budging amid their impasse over ...

Workers say the real crisis is happening behind the scenes.

ESTES PARK, COLORADO ‒ As her kids danced their stuffed animals around a 3D map of Rocky Mountain National Park's peaks and valleys, Chrissy Whissler began ticking off all the national parks she and ...

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 ...

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will remain open during the partial government shutdown, according to park service officials. The federal government has partially shut down after Congress ...

More than 35 former park superintendents wrote a letter to the Trump administration, saying the lands could be damaged under limited staffing. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington During the ...

UPDATE: Yosemite and other national parks will remain partially open with skeleton crews during the government shutdown, according to a National Park Service contingency plan released Tuesday evening.

If Congress doesn’t agree on a short-term spending bill to maintain funding for the federal government by September 30, a shutdown may be on the horizon. And if the U.S. government indeed shuts down, ...

A potential government shutdown could close national parks across the country. Most national park employees would be furloughed. In past shutdowns, Arizona used state funds to keep the Grand Canyon ...

More than three dozen former national park superintendents are urging President Donald Trump to close the nation's 433 park sites if the government shuts down next week, warning that leaving them open ...

A federal government shutdown began after a standoff between President Trump and Congress over health care funding. National parks will remain partially open with reduced services, but over 60% of ...