National Parks Traveler

A 10-year effort to remove non-native black rats from Anacapa Island, part of Channel Islands National Park, has produced incredible results, with rare seabirds returning to the island to nest.

This Saturday has been designated as "Save the Florida Panther Day" in the state of Florida, the last stronghold of these big cats.

How the national parks can be adequately funded will be the topic of discussion next week at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Northern California's Lassen Volcanic National Park has roaring fumaroles (steam and volcanic-gas vents), thumping mud pots, boiling pools, and steaming ground. These and great programs are more than enough to delight young explorers.

A discussion about the impact a Civil War soldier's death can have on his family will be presented at the Booker T. Washington National Monument later this month.

Alice Waters, a chef renowned for her insistence on the freshest organically grown and locally produced ingredients, has signed on to a "friend of the court" brief in support of an oyster company trying to hold on to its operations at Point Reyes National Seashore.

Federal budget proposals released this week by the Republicans and Democrats take decidedly different tacks when it comes to national parks, with the GOP plan continuing cuts to the National Park Service while the Democratic version would stablize funding, according to onlookers.

It's not like the swallows returning to Capistrano, but a varied collection of amphibians will be out and about the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in the coming weeks, necessitating the temporary closing of some roads.

Another county whose lands include Great Smoky Mountains National Park has gone on record opposing the park's fee for overnight backcountry use.

Anniversary celebrations can lose their newsworthiness over time, but when the anniversary marks the fifth year of continuous eruption of the Kīlauea Volcano’s at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, well, it's something to note.