The Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues to put on a dazzing show, with fountains of lava being spit 400-500 feet into the air.

A new species of shark has been discovered a Mammoth Cave National Park, where fossil records have revealed more than 70 species of shark that swam in the ocean when this part of present-day Kentucky was under water about 340 million years ago.

The aged Pa-Hay-Okee Overlook boardwalk trail and tower at Everglades National Park will be replaced over the next six months, forcing closure of the attraction.

An Arizona Republican wants to give the Border Patrol unfettered access across official wilderness, and potential wilderness, in Big Bend National Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in an effort to reduce illegal immigration.

The National Park Service reportedly is developing a contingency plan that could allow the National Park System to remain open if Congress can't agree on a funding plan by the weekend.

Roughly a third of the National Park Service's senior leadership positions are vacant, and the Interior Department reportedly has told the agency it will not be able to fill them.

Searching for a national park with a little bit of everything? Look no further than Olympic National Park in Washington State. Located on the Olympic Peninsula, you’ll find Pacific coast beaches, glaciated mountains, and lush rainforests.

Human remains, tattered mining claims, a 19th-century set of books containing the complete works of Shakespeare, and well-worn curtains that shaded the windows at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park are among the millions of artifacts that National Park Service experts preserve, revive from decades of wear and disaster, and piece together so their stories can be brought to life in park museums.

This month’s quiz and trivia piece focuses on one of those parks: Pinnacles National Park in California. How many of you have visited this place? Test your knowledge and see just how much you know about this particular park unit. You might know more than you realize, and you will definitely learn something new.

Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is in a unique phase of activity in Halemaʻumaʻu, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since December 23, 2024.

The National Park Service has canceled ranger programs at Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks until further notice, and reduced visitor center hours.

There was no press release, no sparkling quote from the National Park Service's acting director, no agency public conversation about the record 331.9 million people who explored the National Park System in 2024.

A new round of genetic analysis has concluded that there is just one interbreeding bison population in Yellowstone National Park, not two genetically distinct populations.

A coalition of organizations, including the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists, have sued the Trump administration over the firings of thousands of federal workers, arguing that it risks visitor safety and wildlife protection in national parks and forests.

Efforts to end the National Park Service's growing policy not to accept cash at sites in the National Park System have been revived with an amended complaint filed in federal court in Washington.

National park headquarters facilities, visitor centers, archaeological centers, and even storage facilities for historic artifacts are among the National Park Service facilities targeted for closure by the Trump administration, according to a list provided by U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman.

A little more than a year after an Indiana man failed to return from a hike on the Petroglyph Point Trail at Mesa Verde National Park, his remains have been found.

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky celebrates the world’s longest known cave system at over 426 miles (686 km), home to unique wildlife (eyeless fish and transparent cave shrimp), unique history (saltpetre mining and TB huts), and unique geology (karst topography, speleothems, and fossil sharks).

Though equipment couldn't detect the gassing of a volcano, nearby residents smelled it.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has been urged to reinstate positions the National Park Service lost through the Valentine's Day mass termination of federal employees, to fill the positions lost through those who opted to take the Trump administration's deferred resignation program, and to not "decimate the world’s most prestigious National Park System."