The Latest Breaking News from National Park Service

Peak renamed First Peoples Mountain was known as Mount Doane after Gustavus Doane who helmed an attack that killed at least 173 people in 1870

Heavy rain and warmer temperatures melting mountain snow drive record floods just as tourist season was getting underway.

Tourists in Yellowstone National Park are being evacuated and all of the entrance gates are closed, rangers said.

All entrances are closed at Yellowstone National Park after major flooding swept away at least one bridge, washed away roads and set off mudslides.

A 19-year-old man climbing in Glacier National Park was found dead Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — Extreme drought conditions prompted the open-ended closure of a popular hiking trail in Joshua Tree National Park to ensure water access for bighorn sheep.

Millions of Americans enjoy observing and photographing wildlife near their homes or on trips. But when people get too close to wild animals, they risk serious injury or even death. It happens regularly, despite the threat of jail time and thousands of dollars in fines.

John McCarry sent a text message to a family member on 15 May saying he was heading to Death Valley National Park

If there’s one thing that Southerners do well, it’s keeping a secret. So well, in fact, that in September 1996 when John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette in stunning secrecy at Cumberland Island’s First African Church, only a very few, including residents of nearby St. Mary’s, the gateway to…

Three men pleaded guilty to what an Alaskan judge described as "drunken capering" at the famous Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park.

The evidence confirms that human activity took place in North America 23,000 years ago.