National Parks
Court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania
The East African Court of Justice has dismissed a case by Maasai herders who tried to stop Tanzania’s government from evicting them from land they have used for generations
1 dead after motorboat flips at Grand Canyon National Park
Authorities say a 67-year-old man has died after a motorboat flipped over inside Grand Canyon National Park
Judge restores oil lease on land sacred to US, Canada tribes
A federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to reinstate a drilling lease that has been in dispute for decades on land near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Visitor to Grand Canyon's North Rim slips, falls and dies
Grand Canyon National Park officials say a man fell to his death on the park's North Rim and his body has been recovered
Utah sues Biden over move to restore 2 national monuments
Utah state and county officials have sued the Biden administration over the president’s decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Donald Trump had downsized
Yellowstone Hot Spring Foot Found
African wildlife parks face climate, infrastructure threats
Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by from below-average rainfall and new infrastructure projects, stressing habitats and the species that rely on them
Hessian remains unearthed at Revolutionary War battle site
Researchers believe they have uncovered at a battle site in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War-Remains Found
Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations
Tribes in South Dakota are working with a rural Massachusetts museum to return hundreds of items believed to have been taken from ancestors massacred at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890