While landscapes and wildlife usually come to mind when thinking about units of the National Park System, there are national ...

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado preserves the remarkable legacy of the Ancestral Pueblo people who thrived here for centuries. Known for its stunning cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace and Balcony ...

The gigantic Yellowstone Grand Canyon, lined with volcanic rock. With all the effects of hydrothermal activity, river erosion ...

They were working to stabilize Ancestral Puebloan structures built by their ancestors long ago. Thirty-year-old Kendrick Nahohai, the crew leader, laid on his belly with his feet pointed downslope ...

These brainy black birds are more than their unmistakable crow call. They've been a synergistic part of humanity's evolution.

Colorado is home to incredible historical sites that showcase its rich past. From ancient Puebloan ruins to fossil beds and ...

Ashley M. Biggers, Contributor, Travel For centuries before the Europeans invaded North America, Ancestral Puebloan peoples lived in permanent settlements across the Southwest. At the Bandelier ...

They are now more accurately called the ancestral Puebloans, and modern Pueblo tribes in the Southwest consider themselves descendants of these ancestral people. Some 40 pueblos and cliff ...

I am an archaeologist, working in the U.S. Southwest. Most of my fieldwork has been in the Mogollon and Anasazi (Ancestral Pueblo) regions, but I’ve also dabbled in Hohokam, Casas Grandes, Jornada, ...