Academic research has revealed two new mammalian species inhabiting a national park in southern Colombia, in that country’s Andean region. The species captured by trail cameras were previously not known to roam the Complejo Volcánico Doña […]
The federal government has passed a spending package that will avert a national park system shutdown in the United States, but critics say the system will still be left badly underfunded. The US Congress passed […]
Grizzly bears will likely once again roam the Pacific Northwest’s Cascade Range. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is zeroing in on a plan to achieve a viable population of 200 wild grizzly bears […]
America is losing its remaining wetlands at an alarming rate, according to a new report. The epicenter of the accelerating wetland loss is southern Louisiana, especially the region at and around the Atchafalaya National Heritage […]
The site of a famous rock quarry and ceremonial neutral ground used by Native Americans for thousands of years will hold its first dark sky event. Pipestone National Monument, a small unit of the National […]
Authorities in South Africa handed a steep prison sentence to a man convicted of poaching at a famous game reserve and national park. South African National Parks officials celebrated the 17-year sentence imposed on Mbongeni […]
Michigan is rolling out a major state park revitalization campaign, but steep inflation is forcing the state’s park officials to drastically scale back their plans. The state’s Department of Natural Resources is energized by an […]
Most of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is being hit by coral bleaching, Australian marine park managers announced. Since early March, oceanographers and marine scientists have been monitoring a spreading coral bleaching event affecting coral systems at the […]
A massive expanse of Oregon high desert has been named the world’s largest dark sky zone for its clear nighttime views of the stars, planets, and Milky Way. Dark Sky International announced that it has […]
Another solar eclipse will cross North America next month, and public parks along the eclipse’s path are busy taking reservations, expecting record attendance to see the event. On April 8, NASA says a total solar […]
A stretch of Japanese mountains terminating at an ocean promontory is being upgraded to a national park, but there’s an ongoing dispute over what to name it. Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park is a protected area […]
In an award-winning seven-minute video, Haleakala National Park biologist Christopher Warren starkly lays out what’s at stake for some of Maui’s last surviving bird species. “We know there are fewer than 200 kiwikiu left in […]
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