Harry S. Truman on Dec. 6, 1947, took time out during one of his Key West vacations and rode up U.S. 1 to the mainland. There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion ...

A hiker fell to his death inside of Zion National Park in Utah over the weekend, according to officials. Officials say that a call was received at around 7 a.m. on Sunday for reports of a possible ...

Everglades National Park is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States. It preserves the southernmost 20% of the Everglades. It was the first park to preserve an ecosystem. More: ...

A tourist has died after being trampled by an elephant while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, officials say. The animal "charged and trampled" the victim on Saturday, according to a ...

Fifteen fire departments, coordinated by the Tinley Park Fire Department, responded to the blaze at 6 p.m., according to Carl Vogel, director of communications for the Cook County Forest Preserve ...

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams, an Oregonian, talks about everything from representation to reservations as he ...

Despite its listing on the National Registry of Historic Places, Mayfield Park and Preserve attracts travelers primarily because of its exorbitant population of peacocks (around two dozen!).

A woman was arrested on Thursday after she took down an American flag and placed it on the muddy ground at a California park, replacing it with a Mexican flag. Kern County deputies responded to ...

Employees at the nation's foremost intelligence collection and analysis outfits -- including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National ...