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Located in Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia, O’Reilly’s Campground is a community center and campsite that features what the designers call “architectural ecotourism.” Sustainable building practices...

After nearly two centuries of bringing visitors up close and personal with the awe-inspiring waterfalls at Niagara Falls, the iconic Maid of the Mist attraction has been upgraded with two new all-electric, zero-emission boats...

As some of the biggest national parks start to reopen, visitors reassure themselves that it is safe to be outdoors. But unfortunately in places like the ever-popular Yellowstone National Park, everybody is crowding in to...

It’s been nearly a month since the spreading coronavirus prompted Yosemite National Park’s closure on March 20, and resident black bears are making the most of it...

Last week, President Donald Trump signed legislation, seen here, designating White Sands National Park as the 62nd national park. Since 1933, the country’s largest gypsum dunefield has been a national monument. The recent...

Today, San Francisco has broken ground on “Tunnel Tops,” a new 14-acre national parkland that will span two sections across the top of the Presidio Parkway highway tunnels...

Alder Creek, a 530-acre forest billed as the largest privately owned giant sequoia property in the world, will be acquired by century-old conservation group, Save the Redwoods League...

Wilderness lovers often see dismaying things on hiking trails: litter, thirsty people in flip flops who forgot to bring water, rambunctious dogs whose owners have never heard of leash laws, clueless couples who carve their...

A small group of African wild dogs have returned to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, heralding a potential upswing in a diverse ecosystem that has suffered severe damage in recent decades...

Each year, more than 1.5 million people attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. to glimpse a colorful sign of spring. But while this year's peak bloom was in line with the 96-year average, over the...

In collaboration with local and international conservation groups, the Peruvian government has established Yaguas National Park in the country's far eastern territory to permanently protect millions of acres of pristine rainforest. “This...

In a landmark act of conservation, Chile has created five new national parks out of over 10 million acres of land in Patagonia. One million of these acres was donated to the Chilean government by American philanthropists Kristine...

Should Starbucks be present in a national park like Yosemite? More than 20,500 signers of a Change.org petition don't think so. The petition says opening the Starbucks would pave the way for more undue development and the...

In a huge win for the environment, Mexico's government just announced the creation of a massive marine reserve in an area known as the 'Galapagos of North America.' Aimed at protecting and preserving the precious environment...

The Grand Canyon is one of America's most beloved national parks, attracting over four million visitors annually — but President Donald Trump's administration doesn't seem to care about that...