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Drone Drowns In Yellowstone Hot Spring
James St. John, via Wikimedia Commons According to the National Park Service, a tourist crashed a camera-equipped drone into Grand Prismatic Spring, the park’s largest geothermal hot spring. In May,...
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A Map Of America’s Noise Levels
If you’re looking for a quiet getaway, you might take a bit of very old advice and head for the west. This map, showing the quietest places in the contiguous United States, was presented at the annual...
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Man Tasered In National Park For Flying Toy Drone
How, exactly, are we going to protect the environment from robots? Last June, the National Park Service banned all drones from national parks. Shortly thereafter, a tourist crashed a quadcopter into...
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America Might Get Its First New Marine Sanctuaries In 15 Years
The wreck of the Benzonia in Mallows Bay. Don Shomette As the world becomes increasingly connected by trains, planes, automobiles, and massive boats, governments and activists are increasingly looking...
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Melting Glaciers are Shaking the Earth Under Our Feet
A 4,000-foot-high mountainside collapsed in Glacier Bay National Park this week in a massive landslide that spread debris for miles across the glacier below. It was a powerful reminder of the...
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Republican Party Wants To Privatize Public Land
The National Park Service protects the places that define America, from the Grand Canyon’s mile-high red walls and the Rocky Mountains’ snow-dusted crags, down to Minute Man in Massachusetts, home of...
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While Preserved for Generations, Yellowstone is Not Protected From a Changing...
Elk National Elk Refuge. Jackson Hole, Wyoming MM8326 Dawn at Schwabachers Landing. Grand and other Tetons behind. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Charlie Hamilton James When considering how to...
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Yellowstone: A Journey Through America’s Wild Heart
No longer lone, an adopted member of the Phantom Springs wolf pack stands tall in Grand Teton National Park. After an absence of about 70 years, wolves returned to the park in 1998, moving down from...
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Now You Can Explore The National Parks In Ranger-Guided 360 Degree Tours
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_g80FXA-0 Just in time for the National Park Service’s 100th birthday Google has released a new interactive project that takes viewers into...
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Astronaut Jeff Williams Celebrates The National Parks On The ISS
Mount St. Helens, best known for its dramatic eruption in 1980 is now the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Williams wrote: "Mount St. Helens...
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In photos: 100 years of Denali National Park
Fear the wind: Three men roped up on snowshoes attempt to cross the Muldrow Glacier. Circa 1944. Denali National Park Museum Collection, DENA 1568 Many know Denali as the tallest peak in North...
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Humans are infecting wild lands with our noises
“Do you know that the ears of the whale are sacred? Because the ears are the entrance to its soul,” said the whaling captain. It was 1979 and Christopher Clark, a young researcher doing field work...
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#PopSciLovesNature and so do you
Jason Lederman / Popular Science In honor of Nature Photography Day, we put together a gallery featuring the PopSci staff’s favorite pictures we’ve taken during adventures in the Great Outdoors. And...
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Seven gorgeous national parks where you can watch the August eclipse
The painted hills. NPS The 2017 solar eclipse is just weeks away from sweeping the nation. Many folks are flocking to the few big cities on the phenomenon’s path of totality, but why spend loads on...
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If we shrink national monuments, science will suffer
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is suing to defend Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in Utah. They’re trying to protect more than 400 research sites, where scientists...
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A park ranger’s guide to visiting national parks during a government shutdown
James St. John, via Wikimedia Commons During a government shutdown—when Congress fails to pass a budget that keeps large parts of the government running—rangers everywhere chain the gates of their...
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A pack of wolves is about to save this national park
Only two wolves remain on Isle Royale. They'll soon get company. National Park Service/ Rolf Peterson When a Chicago man brought his sick dog on a fishing trip to Isle Royale National Park, he set off...
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The best National Parks for photographers
Sunset at Desert View Point, Grand Canyon. Dean Fikar via Getty Images Tunnel view in Yosemite National Park Naris Visitsin via Getty Images This story was originally published on PopPhoto.com....
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The weirdest things we learned this week: Lady Liberty’s big secret, the...
It's electric. DepositPhotos What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast. The Weirdest...
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Some national parks won’t recover from the government shutdown for decades
Flickr user weesam2010 Photos of felled Joshua trees went viral last week, a casualty of the government shutdown and the related lack of oversight in the eponymous national park. Other arid lands have...
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The biggest public lands bill in a decade has something for everyone
A young bighorn in Joshua Tree National Park, one of the places that stands to benefit from new land preservation measures. NPS/Brad Sutton via Flickr About a decade ago, conservationists asked...
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Elizabeth Warren wants public lands to create jobs—and clean energy
At a stage in the 2020 presidential campaign when most candidates are posting platitudes on Twitter, progressive hopeful Elizabeth Warren has opted for a different approach: Taking to the public...
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America’s been rolling back natural land protections since 1892—but never...
The United States has a history of preserving natural areas—and then paring back those protections. Within two years of Yosemite’s establishment in 1890, Congress authorized wagon road and turnpike...
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These toilets use worms to compost your poop, and they are our future
When I visited Squamish, British Columbia for a rock climbing trip, I did not know I was also visiting the origin of a backcountry toilet revolution. One day during the trip, my gut rumbled just as we...
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Does Death Valley have a wild ass problem?
Wild burros on a dry lake bed in the Silurian Valley in California. Gina Ferazz/Los Angeles Times Death Valley National Park is stunningly barren. Silt hillsides crowned with rock and scree give way...
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Your ‘basic’ fall leaf photos could serve as evidence of climate change
Every October, when I was growing up in Massachusetts, my parents would check out the fall foliage reports and determine where we were going to drive to see the colorful leaves. And they still do. In...
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Nature saves us trillions of dollars in healthcare
Just sitting on a bench outside is restorative. You probably know intuitively that nature is restorative. That effect is also backed up by research. The benefits of time spent in the great outdoors...
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The tragic legacy behind the famous ‘Into the Wild’ bus
The author's father after a successful hunt, with "The Magic Bus" in the background. Tyler Freel This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard used a...
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National Parks are logging record crowds. Here’s how to visit safely.
Crowds at Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. NPS / Jacob W. Frank With many indoor activities on pause or otherwise inadvisable during the COVID-19 pandemic, more Americans have chosen to recreate...
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The story behind our new national park and its unique legacy
An outtake from the author's 2019 fishing trip through the New River Gorge National River, now the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Nick Kelley The New River Gorge National Park and...
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Why American national parks might be reservation-only in the future
Memorial Day Weekend 2021 saw droves of people coming out to national parks like Yellowstone. Neal Herbert/NPS Michael Childers is an assistant professor of History at Colorado State University. This...
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The coolest science-themed destinations in all 50 states
Peter Oumanski You don’t have to go far from home to travel somewhere amazing. Every state, no matter how small, hosts natural and technological marvels that you may have never bothered to go...
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Why Point Reyes’ new land management plan is so controversial
The lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore. Pixabay The National Park Service has released a plan for the management of Point Reyes National Seashore, capping three years of debate over how to...
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How to beat the crowds and enjoy the best hiking trails in peace
Just you and nature. Kevin Wolf / Unsplash For years, national park visitation numbers have been on a steady incline as folks from all walks of life discover the mental and physical benefits of...
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Why national parks are cracking down on fireworks, ebikes, and other harmful fun
Deposit Photos As restaurants, bars, and international travel remained limited during the pandemic, many Americans turned to the country’s national parks to satisfy their cravings for solace and...
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These laser scans show how fires have changed Yosemite’s forests
Yosemite's Half Dome, seen through a LiDAR scan, with trees colored green. NV5 Geospatial A forest can take many different shapes: prickly with oak undergrowth, dim and mossy, or sunlit and full of...
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A humble seismograph beneath the Great Smoky Mountains could be one of the...
On the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a small Tennessee town holds a technological marvel that's aided geologic and nuclear research for nearly 50 years. Deposit Photos Deep underground...
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Yellowstone floods could be flushing sewage into the park’s iconic river
Flooding across the park has blown out bridges, damaged roads, and, potentially, unleashed sewage into its waters. NPS This article was originally featured in Field & Stream. Yellowstone National...
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A photographer’s guide to respectfully enjoying a national park
Yosemite National Park. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on Popular Photography. This summer, it’s nearly certain that people will be heading to the great outdoors. As we look for...
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Connecting national parks could help generations of wildlife thrive
A grizzly bear crosses a road in Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park National parks are the few places left in the continental United States where wild animals can...
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What to know before you go on your first multi-day hike
Planning is the most important thing to do before you set out on your new adventure. lucas Favre / Unsplash If you’re ready to start planning your first multi-day hiking trip—or your first long one in...
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A beginner’s guide to visiting national parks
National Parks offer many stunning views, like this one in Zion National Park. National Park Service Summer is almost here, and for many Americans, that means it’s time to start planning that...
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The role of people in preserving nature, according to America’s National...
An elk grazing in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. National Geographic/Justin Grubb The quote “take only memories, leave nothing but footprints” is most often attributed to Duwamish Chief Si’ahl,...
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The best US parks for eclipse chasers to see October’s ‘Ring of Fire’
In an annular eclipse, the edges of the sun remain visible around the moon. NASA/Bill Dunford On October 14, the moon will cruise between Earth and the sun during an annular solar eclipse, casting an...
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Do the ancient human footprints at White Sands date back to the last ice age?
The oldest human footprints found in White Sands National Park were initially excavated in 2009. NPS In 2006, a cluster of mysterious dark spots on a lakebed of White Sands National Park in New Mexico...
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