Roughly 30 volunteers, park rangers and members of the Virginia Department of Health swept the beaches on Assateague Island ...

State and federal officials hope to be able to reopen beaches up and down the Delmarva peninsula to swimming by this weekend, ...

Beaches in a number of East Coast states were closed off to the public after medical waste including needles washed ashore.

Rangers and other hikers helped the man walk more than a mile in a mountainous area so that he could be taken to a hospital, ...

A section of a popular Glacier National Park trail in Montana has been closed after a man was attacked by a bear.

Park officials said the 60-year-old woman was walking off-trail with her husband and leashed dog near Mallard Lake Trailhead at Old Faithful when she stepped and broke through a thin crust over ...

The famed trail is closed from Granite Park Chalet on the north to Haystack Butte on the south — a 4.9-mile stretch that also provides access to Grinnell Glacier Overlook.

Park service shares plans to add 12 public restrooms to the National Mall. Fairfax County explores a “meals tax” to diversify revenue sources. Vitality Grant program boosts downtown DC business growth ...

With its long, ridged horns and muscular build, the giant sable antelope is a majestic sight — and a rare one at ...

The 60-year-old woman, who has not been named, was near the Old Faithful Geyser at the Wyoming national park this week when ...