UPDATED | And The Fat Bear Junior 2025 Winner Is ...
Here's which chubby cubby won Fat Bear Junior 2025 at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Fat Bear Week is next.
- By Jan Childs - September 21st, 2025
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Hiker Bitten By Bear At Yellowstone National Park
A solo hiker was injured after a surprise encounter with a bear in Yellowstone National Park.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - September 17th, 2025
There’s More To Sable Island Than Just Wild Horses
There she was, alone on the beach enjoying the late-summer summer. Blue-grey with beautiful speckling, the harbour seal had a dog-like snout and holes on either side of her head instead of ear flaps. These rather docile seals usually haul out in groups to avoid predators but this one was resting by herself in a shallow pool.
- By Jennifer Bain - September 17th, 2025
Another House Collapses At Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Yet another house has collapsed into the surf at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, where park officials urged visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near Buxton.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - September 16th, 2025
Mount Rainier National Park's Paradise Inn Still Without Water
Work continues at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington to restore water service to the Paradise Inn and nearby visitor center, which have been without water since the weekend.
- By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2025
UPDATE | Concern Growing Over Suppression Of History In National Parks
National parks advocates are expressing increasing alarm over the Trump administration's moves to eliminate certain historical references.
- By NPT Staff - September 16th, 2025
Birds, Music And History Highlight These September National Park Events
Here's a list of special events at national parks in September.
- By Compiled from NPS releases - September 17th, 2025
Volunteers Remove Invasive Cape Ivy From Areas Around Point Reyes National Seashore
Cape ivy is a fast-growing vine native to South Africa.
- By Justin Jang and Valentin Kostelnik, San Francisco Bay Area Network Salmonid Monitoring Program - September 16th, 2025
NPS Announces Pre-Solicitation Site Visit For Kettle Falls Hotel Concession At Voyageurs National Park
The National Park Service (NPS) announced on September 3, 2025, it will host a site visit at Kettle Falls Hotel in Voyageurs National Park on September 29.
- By David and Kay Scott - September 16th, 2025
How to Take A Volcano’s Temperature
If only we could stick a thermometer into a magma chamber… That’s not really possible, but fortunately each mineral in a volcanic deposit is like a microscopic thermometer that records magma chamber temperature over time!
- By Yellowstone Volcano Observatory - September 16th, 2025
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The easiest way to explore RV-friendly National Park campgrounds.
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