Most every American or visitor to the US is very familiar with the National Park system, but what constitutes something being ...

The Grand Prismatic hot spring is among the national parks myriad hydrothermal features created by the Yellowstone supervolcano. Photographed on July 22, 2014 in Yellowstone National Park, WY.

An advisory opinion issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice says protections for land designated as monuments can be ...

The United States has a proud history of preserving its natural beauty through national parks. Each year, millions of ...

Congress created Yellowstone National Park in 1872 and the park system continued to grow, with President Woodrow Wilson signing the act creating the National Park Service in 1916.

In an email, a spokesperson for Yellowstone National Park said the parking lot and boardwalks are still closed at Biscuit Basin: “We are closely monitoring activity at the site for the ...

Somewhere around 5,000 bison call Yellowstone National Park home, and with most of them traveling in herds, encountering a large group on the move like this isn’t out of the ordinary. And to see them ...

Last week, an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up about 20 feet, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. On May 14, scientists had installed a temporary ...

In this image released by the USGS agency, a hydrothermal event is seen in Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park in 2009. Yellowstone officials say a similar explosion on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, ...

An Idaho national forest announced that it will temporarily shutter some of its district ranger stations due to short-staffing, the second forest to do so in recent weeks after deep cuts to the U ...