Gotta admit I did a triple take last week when I saw five 8-inch, bright green critters with their shiny inquisitive eyes tucked deep into a small hammock of Bermuda ...

Discover an undeveloped island in the Florida Keys in Dry Tortugas National Park for a serene escape to bird watch and ...

Miami-Dade has two national parks: Everglades National Park, which goes west across Tamiami Trail and includes the Anhinga ...

Learn about the animals that inhabit the Dry Tortuga National Park and interesting facts you may not know about these animals ...

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Dry Tortugas National Park floats like a mirage on the horizon, a place so breathtaking it makes you question whether your eyes are playing tricks on you. This remote archipelago might be Florida’s ...

Seventy miles west of Key West, where the Gulf of Mexico meets the Atlantic Ocean, floats a national treasure so magnificent it defies the limitations of smartphone cameras and vocabulary alike. Dry ...

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE A MISSING MAN FROM TENNESSEE HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. THEY SAY 21 YEAR OLD RYAN LAKES WAS LAST SEEN THURSDAY AT GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK NEAR ...

When the U.S. Congress established Yellowstone as the first national park in 1872, it was “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” Its founding marked the birth of the U.S. National Park System ...

A 76-year-old New Jersey woman died after collapsing on a hiking trail at Canyonlands National Park in Utah last week, authorities said. Bystanders were aiding Lois Marcasciano on Mesa Arch Trail near ...

A missing hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was found dead Sept. 21 in the Big Creek area of the park, the National Park Service announced. Park rangers had been searching for Ryan ...

A solo hiker suffered “significant” injuries after being mauled by a bear in Yellowstone National Park — causing officials to shut down the trail he was on, according to authorities. The 29-year-old ...