Once ubiquitous, the monarch butterfly is now considered endangered. And after years of staggering declines in their numbers, the United States federal government is finally acting. Tourists used to flock to places like Natural Bridges […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced the opening of a new customer service office in Gunnison, a town located about 200 miles southwest of Denver. The region is home to over half a dozen state […]
Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth, endured for tens of millions […]
On October 12, parks authorities in France organized their latest “Le Jour de la Nuit” or “The Day of Darkness,” a celebration of night skies gracing France’s national park network. Launched in 2008, the dark […]
Unique lifeforms have been discovered thriving in a continuously frozen lake in remote Antarctica, shedding new light on where and how life on Earth can survive. An entire ecosystem has been discovered thriving deep beneath […]
One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents – those towering structures on the ocean floor constantly pumping out a […]
Georgia is one step closer to having its first national park and preserve, after the bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve Establishment Act passed through committee in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Located in Macon, […]
Scientists studying the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii say new evidence reveals ways future eruptions might be predicted. Mauna Loa is known to be the world’s largest active volcano. […]
Officials at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park announced that they’ve closed a portion of the park to protect a single pair of nesting nēnē, a species of goose native to the islands. The news came shortly […]
Dozens of American state parks in the US Southeast are still closed to the public weeks after Hurricane Helene swept through the region. Meanwhile, another hurricane threatens the Gulf of Mexico but may be moving […]
After losing soundly and decisively to Joe Biden in 2020, Donald Trump will return to the White House in 2025 as American voters have soured on the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, yet another round of international […]
An endangered population of koalas is being decimated by speeding cars bisecting critical habitat in central Queensland, Australia, scientists are warning. Should the roadkill incidents continue unabated there is very little chance that the population […]
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