US National Parks News

Stinson Beach will be closed to swimming and surfing through Labor Day weekend after the second report a second shark sighting in the past week.

A large forest fire churning through beetle-killed trees east of Yellowstone National Park is threatening the future of at least one local business, a lodge owner said Thursday.

MOOSE, Wyo. - A Minnesota man has been found unharmed after getting lost and spending a night outside in Grand Teton National Park.

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A search for a man missing in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains resumed Wednesday morning.

A 33-year-old ultra-endurance athlete has staked out a new benchmark for running in Grand Teton National Park.

NAGS HEAD A popular beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks that has been closed to off-road vehicles has been reopened by the National Park Service in time for Labor Day weekend visitors.

The Boeing Co. has announced a $1 million donation to help build the Martin Luther King Jr.

Today is Thursday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2008. There are 125 days left in the year.

The Yellowstone volcano's caldera, or sunken floor, covers an immense area. Credit: US Geological Survey The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of ...

DENVER - When this campaign ends, after future presidents have come and gone, and when today's young people are grown old, history will remember Wednesday, Aug.

Development; ContentElement:FullStory; Breaking:True GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A ranger at Glacier National Park in Montana says the search for a missing Kentucky hiker will continue for at least a week.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. _ A search resumed shortly after dawn Wednesday for a kayaker reported missing by his companions in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The National Park Service has begun its investigation into whether a park ranger used excessive force in breaking up a party atop Acadia National Park's Day Mountain.

Searchers worked into the evening Tuesday looking for a Maryville man who has been missing in a remote part of south Blount County since Saturday.

An adult male grizzly bear was shot by a Silver Gate resident Saturday night after the bear returned after trying to break into the man's home Friday.

Glacier National Park officials, frustrated by six days of fruitless searching for a missing hiker, say they'll scale back efforts on Tuesday unless new leads are discovered.

Railroad police and park rangers found a 17-yearold boy dead in the desert after arresting several suspects in a train burglary in the Kelso-Cima area Saturday night.

The Gunbarrel Fire, burning between Cody and Yellowstone National Park, has forced the evacuation of a guest ranch.

The historic nature of Barack Obama's bid for the White House inspires many Americans but it also runs the risk of turning off some voters uneasy at the prospect of having history shoved down their throats.