Travel Tales
If I asked you to name your favorite National Park Service (NPS) places, you’d probably immediately mention parks such as Grand Canyon National Park, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park and Glacier National Park.
Travel Tales
“Most stories begin one of two ways,” book author and immersion journalist Ted Conover once said. “A stranger comes to town, or the hero leaves home. Either way, they tend to go by road. The road contains the excitement of the unexpected.
Nature & Wildlife
Ask any avid nature traveler how he or she first began to make a lifelong attachment to the outdoors, the natural world or a particular species of wildlife, and you’ll get as many anecdotes as the individuals you query.
Videos
Fireflies (also known as “lightning bugs” in some parts of the country) were one of the bonuses I got when, several years ago, I traded my house in the city for a more rurally located home with a large, wraparound porch.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a South African leopard. Photographer Vicky Marella was visiting Kruger National Park when she spotted this leopard taking a walk nearby. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
Conservation
Saving natural and wild areas from development and for the use of people like you and me is usually thought to be thanks to endeavors such as national park unit designations, wilderness area nominations or the establishment of marine reserves.
Latin America
Patagonia is one of those places that pulls on your heart as it slowly seeps into your veins. For me, it is achingly desolate, solitary and beautiful in its aloneness.
Nature & Wildlife
“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it.” Theodore Roosevelt emphasized when speaking about his deep admiration for the Grand Canyon, one of the United States’ most notable National Parks.
U.S. National Parks
John Muir revered them. Western settlers nearly wiped them out. The final chapter in the story of North America’s rarest sheep is yet to be written. Watch!
Travel Tales
You can’t help but have a big adventure in the amazing Yosemite National Park. But doing small things here sometimes makes for the most lasting impressions.
U.S. National Parks
After a long winter—which still seems to be hanging on in some places—people are understandably anxious to get outside and get on the move again. Perhaps we take our cue from the nonhuman animals, which have for millennia followed spring migration routes.
Nature Photography
Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we selected a fortunate sighting in Sri Lanka. Photographer Antonia Oriel spotted this crested hawk-eagle while on a morning drive through Udawalawe National Park. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?
