National Parks

Dec 21, 2018

Alba the albino orangutan returned to jungle in Indonesia

The world's only known albino orangutan climbed trees, foraged for food and began building a nest after being released into a remote Borneo jungle more than a year after conservation officials found her starving and dehydrated in an Indonesian village


Dec 20, 2018

Groups plan to sue US over bear baiting in Wyoming, Idaho

Environmental groups have filed notice they intend to sue the U.S. government for letting hunters use bait to lure bears in national forests in Idaho and Wyoming.


Dec 14, 2018

Kristine Tompkins celebrates new Argentina marine parks

American conservationist Kristine Tompkins says the creation of Argentina's first marine national parks is a milestone that gets it close to meeting its U.N. recommended goal for 2020


Oct 26, 2018

2 Yosemite National Park visitors die in fall from overlook

A Yosemite National Park official says two visitors have died in a fall from a popular overlook


Oct 25, 2018

Officials planning to move Canadian wolves to Isle Royale

Officials plan to relocate several gray wolves from the Canadian province of Ontario to Isle Royale National Park this winter


Oct 25, 2018

The Latest: Some railings at Yosemite cliff where 2 fell

A Yosemite National Park official says a visitor reported Wednesday that two people had fallen to their deaths from a popular overlook


Oct 23, 2018

Grand Canyon chief being investigated, will be reassigned

The National Park Service says it will reassign the Grand Canyon superintendent amid a federal investigation into undisclosed allegations


Oct 19, 2018

Answers sought in deaths of couple found in Grand Canyon

Authorities are trying to figure out what led to the deaths of a young couple in the Grand Canyon


Oct 15, 2018

Grizzly attacks hunter in mountains north of Yellowstone

A grizzly bear attacked an elk hunter who surprised the sow and her cub north of Yellowstone National Park


Oct 15, 2018

US lacks Latino historical sites and landmarks, scholars say

The lack of historical markers and preserved historical sites connected to Latino civil rights worries scholars who feel the scarcity is affecting how Americans see Hispanics in U.S. history