When most people think about visiting America’s protected lands, their minds jump straight to the big names. Yellowstone. Yosemite. The Grand Canyon. These iconic national parks draw millions of ...

Arizona has 24 national parks and monuments. Here are the 12 must-see national parks and monuments in Arizona and how to visit each of them.

A recent, non-binding opinion from the Government Accountability Office may pave the way for Congress to begin rescinding ...

Beneath the cliffs of western Colorado, a billion years of geologic history unfolds—and a century-old dream of accessibility still shapes the land. Located near Grand Junction, Colorado, the Colorado ...

Ecologists have a practice called long-term ecological monitoring: returning to the same patch of ground again and again, season after season, until the ordinary reveals its patterns and shifts. For ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 15, 1924. President Calvin Coolidge designated the Statue of Liberty as a national monument. The statue was a gift of friendship from the people of France, standing ...

After a recent federal decision, Utah’s congressional delegation may use an obscure federal law to slash the management plan ...

Many aspire to check national parks off their bucket list, believing them to be the nation’s most spectacular landscapes. But before earning their more prestigious label, Great Sand Dunes and Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sand Dunes in White Sands National Park, New Mexico. - Elan7t50/Getty Images Sitting at the intersection of the southern Rocky ...