The National Park Foundation announced Monday that it had received the largest grant in its nearly 60-year history, a $100 million gift from Lilly Endowment Inc. The foundation, which is the ...

When most people think about national parks, they imagine the nation’s most stunning features tucked behind an entrance station—they don’t think about the people who protected the land or fought to ...

It's safe to say Yellowstone National Park is still looking good at the ripe old age of 150. The world famous site became the first national park in the U.S. on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S ...

From sea to shining sea, America is full of beautiful landscapes and some of the most extraordinary places are available to everyone because they are part of the National Park Service. In this episode ...

Like many places, Mammoth Cave—Kentucky’s only national park and the world’s longest cave system—saw its visitation hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, more than half a million tourists ...

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams made history on day one in office in 2021, by becoming the first Native American to lead NPS. Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and an enrolled member of the ...

White Sands National Park in New Mexico may not be as famous as the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone, but it’s home to human footprints made more than 20,000 years ago, shedding light on the region’s ...