Zhangjiajie National Park in Hunan, China, is famous for its towering sandstone pillars that seem to defy gravity. This ...

Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park announced it closed its main through-road on Wednesday after wet autumn storms dumped heavy snow and ice in the Shasta Cascade mountains east of Redding. But you can ...

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Daniel Greer is having trouble sleeping these days. The 49-year-old Berwyn resident keeps dreaming about federal immigration officers showing up where he works at Concordia Cemetery in the west ...

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Zhangjiajie National Park in Hunan Province, China, is a surreal landscape of towering sandstone pillars that inspired the floating mountains of Pandora in the film Avatar. These giant natural columns ...

ST. LOUIS — The Great Forest Park Balloon Race has been canceled due to inclement weather, according to their social media post on Saturday. Balloons were expected to lift off during the historic race ...

When Florida Congressman Randy Fine offered a bill this summer to study transforming Ocala National Forest into Florida Springs National Park, one of the benefits he cited was an economic boom that ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...

DANGER OF COLLAPSE. WELL, WHEN YOU THINK OF NATIONAL PARKS, THE OBVIOUS ONES COME TO MIND, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT YELLOWSTONE, HOME OF OLD FAITHFUL? ANOTHER EASY ONE. THE GRAND CANYON, 278 MILES OF STUNNING ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine has proposed a bill to study the feasibility of a Florida Springs National Park, encompassing the Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs. The proposed park aims to protect ...