2-Year-Old Killed By Leopard At Kruger National Park
A 2-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Kruger National that had found a way into staff living quarters at the park in South Africa.
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Everglades National Park Gets $60 Million To Complete Tamiami Trail Project
A $60 million grant to Everglades National Park clears the way for planning the final segment of a long-running project to remove the Tamiami Trail barrier to normal water flows through the river of grass.
Piping Plovers Returning To Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
The first endangered piping plovers are returning to Wisconsin this month as partners work to protect the birds' habitat in hopes of boosting nesting success.
Wolf Found Dead At Isle Royale National Park
A wolf transported to Isle Royale National Park from Canada in late February as part of a recovery effort to balance prey and predators at the park has turned up dead. Unfortunately, its carcass was too badly decomposed by the time it was recovered for a determination of what caused its death, park staff said Wednesday.
- May 29th, 2019
Bison Blackfeet Nation Sent To California Coming Back Home
A carefully planned effort to boost the bison herd at the Oakland Zoo in California with animals from the Blackfeet Nation adjacent to Glacier National Park has proved unexpectedly successful, and now most of the bison loaned to the zoo have been sent back to the reservation.
Least Terns Returned To Nest At Buck Island Reef National Monument
A year after they failed to show up, a small contingent of least terns has settled down to nest at Buck Island Reef National Monument in the Caribbean, prompting park staff to erect fences and hang out signs warning beach goers to watch where they step and to control their pets.
Chestnut Foal Added To The Herd At Assateague Island National Seashore
There's a new filly running with the herd at Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland.
Endangered Species Day In The Parks: Lots To Save
The National Park Service more than a century ago was directed to manage national parks so as to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Today the agency in places seems to be losing the battle when it comes to plant and animal species considered either "threatened" or "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act.
Some Panhandling Bears Are Looking For Handouts In Yellowstone National Park
In what might have seemed like a flashback to the panhandling days of the 1960s, a black bear in Yellowstone National Park approached a visitor's rig the other day and put its front paws on the side of the vehicle in an apparent effort to be rewarded with a handout.
Joyriders Damage Piping Plover Habitat At Cape Cod National Seashore
Piping plover habitat at Cape Cod National Seashore was damaged when a vehicle drove onto a beach there and through nesting habitat, though apparently no birds or nests were run over.
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