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Sunset at Golden Gate Canyon State Park in Colorado.
North America

Colorado’s 10-year parks plan doubles down on equity, diversity, and inclusion

May 4, 2025

Officials in Colorado are drafting a new 10-year management plan, and they’d like your help. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has announced that it is formulating a new “strategic plan” to guide its management of the […]

Clifford Tsosie stands in front of the Round House. It is one of Picuris’ ritual rooms, used by members of the summer and winter society for rituals and meetings.
North America

Genetic study links pueblo tribe to an ancestral homeland in Chaco Canyon

May 4, 2025

For centuries, members of the Picuris Pueblo indigenous tribe of central New Mexico, USA maintained that their people originated from the Chaco Canyon region 275 kilometers further to the west, in present-day Navajo country. Now, […]

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“Bellyboat” fisherman drowns in US state park

May 4, 2025

A fisherman has reportedly drowned in a freak accident involving a popular “bellyboat” used for fishing. The incident occurred at Steamboat Lake State Park in the American state of Colorado. So-called bellyboats are u-shaped inflatable […]

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Texas expands protected wildlife habitat

May 4, 2025

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says it is creating the state’s newest wildlife management area, the first in two decades. TPWD declared that it will soon christen the Trinity River Wildlife Management Area in […]

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Rare large diamond unearthed at state park

May 4, 2025

The largest diamond discovered at a site famous for them was unearthed on May Day. Arkansas State Parks announced at the beginning of the month that David DeCook, a regular visitor to Crater of Diamonds […]

A quoll tagged and released into the wild.
Oceania

Captive-bred endangered species released to Australian Bush

April 24, 2025

Conservation authorities in Australia say they’ve successfully released a group of endangered eastern quolls to the wild. The animals were bred and raised at the Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected zone managed by the organization […]

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California state beach park selected to host 2028 Olympic surfing competition

April 21, 2025

The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics committee has announced its choice of the site for the Olympic surfing competition. The officials said Trestles Beach at the San Onofre State Beach. The popular surfing spot is located […]

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Bear warning issued for Colorado parks

April 21, 2025

Authorities in Colorado are warning vacationers to beware of extra bear activity as the animals emerge from hibernation this spring. Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued the special alert last week. It comes as bear sightings […]

Lake Akan is the only home of Japan's marimo moss balls. Akan-Mashu National Park, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
Asia

Japan’s “marimo” algae balls are in rapid decline

April 21, 2025

Japan’s famous marimo are in danger. Marimo are a unique and rare plants found only in a handful of places on Earth. The near perfectly spherical green balls are a species of free-floating and rolling […]

White Sands National Park in Nevada, USA, where the US Secretary of the Interior launched National Park Week.
North America

National Park Week kicks off amid mass layoffs

April 21, 2025

The National Park Service kicked off National Park Week in earnest last weekend, but few park staff are in a celebratory mood. Courts determined that the Trump administration could proceed with its mass firing of […]

Fossilized footprints left by an extinct cat-like species were discovered at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, USA.
North America

Prehistoric animal footprints discovered at Oregon park

April 21, 2025

Archaeologists have uncovered fossilized footprints of animals that lived at a site in Oregon up to 50 million years ago. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a public park in central Oregon famous for […]

Lava from the Kilauea volcano spills into the Pacific Ocean at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, USA.
North America

Kilauea eruption sparked unusual phytoplankton bloom

April 21, 2025

The 2018 eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii resulted in a “rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom,” scientists now report. The new findings shed light on how volcanoes can deposit […]

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