With a name like Capitol Reef, you might expect to find this national park near the ocean. Instead, this gem lies in a sea of rock in Utah. “Early settlers noted that the white domes of Navajo ...

How scientists are training corals to be ready for a warmer future. Biscayne National Park is unlike any other national park…it’s 95% underwater. It’s home to part of the third largest coral reef in ...

If you’re headed to Cozumel and love the water, don’t skip the National Marine Park. This protected stretch of the Mesoamerican Reef offers some of the best snorkeling and diving in the world, with ...

Cozumel National Marine Park isn’t just a pretty place to snorkel. It’s one of the most important marine ecosystems in the Caribbean and a big reason people travel to Cozumel in the first place. I’ve ...

Coral reefs help our oceans’ teeming biodiversity survive the impacts of climate change. They also protect communities from severe storms and hurricanes. What happens to corals when 40% of the world’s ...

WASHINGTON – Late last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Park Service (NPS) violated the law by failing to ...

The loggerhead turtle population was on the brink of extinction but after 40 years of careful management, the largest ...

I relocated from California to Placencia, on the coast of southern Belize, in 1995, when there were no paved roads, no vehicles and everybody walked around barefoot. Back then, I was working as a ...