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A forested valley framed by steep granite cliffs and mountains under clear blue sky. Tall coniferous trees cover the valley floor and lower slopes, with bare rock faces visible on the upper peaks.

Decades ago, this frog species vanished from Yosemite. Now, 10,000 have been released back into the wild

After 10 years of coordinated conservation work, the amphibian is back to its natural habitat.

Dense forest with tall coniferous trees, moss-covered trunks, and a thick carpet of green moss and low vegetation covering the forest floor.

This national park is home to the quietest spot in the continental US: 'Listen to a concert by the natural world'

Gordon Hempton has spent his career trying to teach people about noise pollution through his book “One Square Inch of Silence” and nonprofit, Quiet Parks International.

Entrance sign for Joshua Tree National Park at dusk, with pink and purple clouds in the sky above a tan stone marker that reads "ENTERING JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE." Desert landscape and hills visible in the background.

California is building two wildlife crossings for mountain lions in Joshua Tree. The first phase is now underway

The Mojave Desert Land Trust has gathered over $6 million in state grants to plan and design wildlife crossings in the area.

A beaver with rounded features sits among twigs and dried grasses beside water.

This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'

Beaver dams provide habitats for the mammals while slowing floodwaters and filtering pollutants from water.

A hot spring with brilliant blue, orange, and pink mineral-colored water steams in the foreground, with dark branching thermal veins visible across the tan and orange mineral deposits. Coniferous forest covers mountains in the background under clear blue sky.

Yellowstone rangers find and donate hundreds of discarded baseball caps from the park's hot springs

From claw clips to camera lens caps, the thousands of trash items reveal a lot about national park visitors.

Gray single-story house with dark roof and multiple windows surrounded by evergreen trees and young planted conifers in a forest setting.

Gen-Zer quits corporate job and moves to Yellowstone, where she pays $96 a month in rent

Zoe De La Paz packed up her life in Chicago and became a seamstress at one of the most beautiful parks in the country.

On the left, a black and white photograph displays a person standing outdoors in a wooded winter setting wearing a light-colored hat and dark jacket. On the right, an older person wearing a gray knit beanie and dark green shirt smiles at the camera.

Missing 70-year-old hiker rescued from remote island after being spotted on trail cameras

70-year-old Craig Berg’s hike through Isle Royale National Park turned into a survival story earlier this month.

A photo collage of a coral reef underwater, a man and two children at a playground, a tiger jumping out of the back of a truck, a woman holding an all-terrain wheelchair in the outdoors, and a field and a mountain

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Yellow CAT bulldozer with tracked treads and front blade on sandy ground, rocky mountain visible in background, green vegetation surrounding the equipment.

Trump just paused border wall construction in Big Bend. Activists are still fighting to protect the region for good

A grassroots group of people across the political spectrum — No Big Bend Wall — is gaining momentum in the fight to keep a massive border wall project from moving forward.

Left: A white and brown bear cub climbs a tree trunk while another brown bear stands below. Right: A white-furred bear with a dark nose faces the camera in front of green grass and vegetation.

Rare footage of silver bear cub captured in national park livestream. Is it a pizzly bear?

Viewers were quick to question whether the bear was a grizzly-polar bear mix.

Black bear standing on rocky ground next to a metal structure, captured on a trail camera on 05/21/2020 at 02:42 PM.

North Carolina just voted to protect animals in the Great Smokies with historic investment in wildlife crossings

Advocates say the historic investment will “improve safety for both people and wildlife” across the area.

A person helps baby sea turtles return to the ocean

This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'

As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.