Republican Indiana Sen. Jim Banks sent a letter to the National Park Service (NPS) on Tuesday questioning whether the agency

Experts say that current pressures could change "the National Park System irreparably for future generations."

With a reduction in staff, hundreds of millions in proposed budget cuts and a mandate to prioritize visitor experience, the park service is having quite the summer.

For the third time in two months, a motorcycle crash proved fatal on the Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the National Park Service. The latest incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. Monday, July 14, in the Wintergreen area of Virginia, the park said in a news release.

More geological changes are occurring at Yellowstone National Park, as another hole forms in one of the park's basins.The hole is a blue water spring, discovered by geologists in April as they conducted routine maintenance of temperature logging stations at Norris Geyser Basin,

A video of bears in a South Dakota-based wildlife park was misleadingly shared as a video of bears leaving Yellowstone in July 2025.

A large sculpture of Elon Musk's head was pulled through Arches National Park on a trailer this past Saturday, igniting a slew of comments on social media.

Layoffs and departures after pressure from the Trump administration have left sites struggling, with the remaining employees each doing the work of two or three people.

Senator Jim Banks is leading a bill to make increased fees national parks fees for foreign travelers permanent.