U.S. National Park Stories

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Yellowstone Heats Up; Wolves Could Curb the Warming

Yellowstone National Park is famous for its beautiful but harsh winters. Blanketed in snow, it exudes an almost mythical aura—even in the season’s common...

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Laura Kiniry

The Importance of the North American Grasslands Conservation Act for Native Lands and Bison

It was August 1804 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the eastern edge of the Great Plains. What lay before them was a broad expanse of North...

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Cathy Brown

How Catastrophic Flooding Threatens Our National Parks

In June 2022, nature let loose with five inches of rain over just three days in and around Yellowstone National Park, rapidly melting the snowpack that had...

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Michelle Peters

Hooves and Horns: Ungulates of North America’s National Parks

What, you may be asking, is an ungulate? You’ve actually known them all along, but perhaps just didn’t know them by their official moniker. Among the...

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Megan Brief

Nat Hab Expedition Leader Colby Brokvist Stars in “The Guide”

 Watch the premiere of “The Guide” and read on for an exclusive interview with Nat Hab Expedition Leader Colby Brokvist! “What’s the difference between a...

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Emily Goodheart

Top Sea Life to See on a Florida Nature Safari

From swimming sea turtles and playful dolphins to gentle manatees, here are five aquatic animals you can see on a nature tour of Florida's coastal waters and...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

13 Facts About Brown Bears (Ursus arctos)

Brown bears have long captured our imaginations in ways that few other wild animals have—they can stand on their two hind legs, pick things up with their...

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Laura Kiniry

Exploring the Wonders of Glacier National Park’s Many Glacier Valley

It’s during the early daylight hours when Glacier National Park’s Many Glacier Valley is at its finest. The dramatic peaks of the Lewis Mountain Range take on...

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Jon Jared

Celebrate Yellowstone’s 150th Anniversary This Summer

Yellowstone National Park’s 150th anniversary celebrates the birth of the world’s first national park, setting the stage for others of its kind around the globe.

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Michelle Peters

5 National Parks to Visit During Wildflower Season

Does anything shout springtime more than a field of cheerful, colorful wildflowers? While we often give the natural scenery and the wildlife top billing when...

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Megan Brief

Spot Dolphins in the Sunshine State Aboard the Solar-Powered Boat, SQUID

SQUID The shortfin squid inhabits the continental shelf and slope waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to the central east coast of...

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Lavanya Sunkara

Reducing Human-Grizzly Bear Conflict in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Nestled in the southern region of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is one of the most crucial areas in the country for wildlife...

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Cathy Brown

National Park Week: History of the National Parks

Every year from April 18–26, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation join together to celebrate National Park Week. It’s a way to invite...

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Cathy Brown

Geysers, Hot Springs and the Yellowstone Volcano

Yellowstone has been nicknamed the “American Serengeti” because, like its East African counterpart, it is also a vast ecosystem of open plains, savanna and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

30 x 30: Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Lands by 2030

The Half Earth theory—setting aside 50 percent of the world for wildlife—seemed like a far-out pipe dream when it was proposed by evolutionary biologist and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Our National Parks Have a Popularity Problem

Let’s step into the Wayback Machine and go to 2015, just six years after producer Ken Burns’ documentary miniseries The National Parks: America’s Best Idea...

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Jon Jared

What’s the Difference Between a Pronghorn and an Antelope?

At the beginning of the 19th century, explorers Lewis and Clark prompted a discussion that continues to this day when they chronicled their discovery of the...

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Michelle Peters

Best Places to Watch Sunrise and Sunset in the Canyonlands

When was the last time you truly saw the stars? Looked for shooting stars and named the constellations? Woke up early enough to see a spectacular sunrise?...

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