Think you’ve mastered the canyon? Take part two of our Grand Canyon National Park quiz and challenge your knowledge of its history and geology.

Aug. 4 is a fee-free day at national parks nationwide, marking five years of infrastructure improvements under the Great American Outdoors Act.

National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources Published: August 4, 2025 8:42am EDT The United States’ national parks have an inherent contradiction.

Dozens of wildfires are burning across the United States, with several threatening national parks and forests and forcing partial closures and restricted access to popular natural landmarks.

In beloved national parks, summer crowds throng despite budget cuts We visited four of the country’s “crown jewels” and found deep concern for the park system’s future among Americans of ...

The national parks are hugely successful and supporting them may be one small way to help bring our deeply divided country together.

Summer is the height of the visitor season for the National Park Service. Last year, nearly 332 million people visited NPS sites, a record that is likely to be broken this year. That surge in ...

Making global visitors pay more to access our national parks is a smart strategy to sustain our most treasured public lands.

A proposed approval from the EPA could increase haze pollution at Texas national parks, affecting the scenic views and health of communities, NPCA say ...

A former national park supervisor explains how toilets may be clean this summer, but the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’ ...

Nick Offerman channeled the spirit of "Parks and Recreation" while slamming Trump for cutting $267 million from the national parks budget.