California's national parks drew record crowds in 2025, despite a 43-day government shutdown and staffing cuts.

The nine national parks in the Golden State — including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree — attracted nearly 12 million recreational visits in 2025, according to statistics from the National Park ...

United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum disparaged environmentalists at a recent event and suggested that ...

Happy 3.14159 and on and on! Pi Day (3/14) falls on Saturday this year. But you don’t have to remember that pi represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter to take advantage of ...

Past allegations of abuse and intimidation, not the food, have taken center stage at the pricey installation of the renowned ...

From California’s redwood forests to the Grand Canyon and Florida Keys, here are some delicious recipes devoted to U.S.

When it comes to that quintessential Western U.S. dish – crab cakes – sometimes less is more. 5 spring cookbooks to enliven ...

The bright-pink fruit of the prickly-pear cactus adds a zing to this dish, inspired by the flora of Death Valley National Park.

This vegetarian-friendly mushroom pasta was inspired by Northern California’s Redwood National and State Parks.

You don't have to be an expert to take good iPhone pics, but National Geographic's Kiliii Yüyan said you'd get the best ones ...

Hiking the craggy landscape of Pinnacles National Park, forged by volcanic eruptions so long ago, might leave one as famished as a California condor — which indeed call these badlands home. An answer ...

A newly published database includes hundreds of plaques, signs and pamphlets the National Park Service has flagged for review ...