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The thief—or thieves—stole the one-ton boulder from the side of the road in Prescott National Forest roughly two weeks ago.

Katmai National Park and Preserve via Flickr, Public Domain

At Alaska's Katmai National Park, it's that time of year when the air gets colder, the days get shorter, and the bears get much, much fatter.

Two bison grazing in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Read on for things to do and see, plus what to know before you go camping, in Theodore Roosevelt National Park—the only national park named after a person.

Sunrise in the Smoky Mountains National Park

Joy Ryan had never seen mountains or the ocean before her grandson invited her on a camping trip. It would be the first of many.

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The giant copper beech tree that Theodore Roosevelt planted at Sagamore Hill, his Long Island home, has been removed from the National Park System property.

From Acadia to Zion and the Rockies to the Smokies, there's a lot to see—and learn—from America's most frequented national parks.

As the resident "Bark Ranger" at Glacier National Park in Montana, Gracie helps protect both humans and wildlife.

Climbers face many risks while scaling Denali: avalanches, altitude sickness, bears, and now, melting piles of poop.

On June 12, 1963, activist and civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot in his own driveway by Klansman Byron De La Beckwith. A bullet hole can still be seen in a kitchen wall in the home, which was declared a National Monument in 2019.

The inmates at Alcatraz Prison had lived above a network of potential escape routes leftover from the island's days as a military fortification.

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The celebrated photographer—who was born on this day in 1902—once mutilated his own negatives. On purpose.

Trail sign at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Jeremy Shellhorn got the idea to turn the lettering into a font as the designer-in-residence for Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Without federal employees watching, visitors are leaving garbage—and their feces—everywhere.

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Faced with a dearth of natural salt sources, mountain goats in Olympic National Park are now aggressively seeking out human pee.

All 117 parks that normally charge admission will be free and open to the public on Saturday, September 22.

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In March, it erupted for the first time since 2014—and has erupted six more times since.

Warm temperatures mean that national parks are seeing plants emerge from winter earlier.

It erodes at a rate of one inch per year.

You're never too old to enjoy the outdoors, change careers, or speak out against injustice.

The picturesque California national park is rolling out listings for 300 seasonal jobs. Time for a new career as a park ranger?

The geyser we see is just the tip of the iceberg.

They’re good dogs, Brent.

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He's calling on an "army of fourth graders" to join him.

The tree was planted in Boise more than a century ago.

NATIONAL PARKS

Wizard Rock, a One-Ton Boulder, Disappears From Prescott National Forest in Arizona

Meet Holly: The Winner of Alaska's ‘Fat Bear Week’ Competition at Katmai National Park

12 Facts About Theodore Roosevelt National Park

An 89-Year-Old Grandmother Is Visiting All 61 National Parks With Her Grandson

Giant Copper Beech Tree Planted By Teddy Roosevelt Has Been Chopped Down

10 Fascinating Facts About the 10 Most Popular National Parks in America

Meet Gracie: The Resident 'Bark Ranger' at Montana's Glacier National Park

Global Warming Could Soften 66 Tons of Human Poop at Alaska’s Denali National Park

Medgar Evers’s Mississippi Home Is a National Monument

Laser Scans Detect Hidden Buildings and Tunnels Beneath Alcatraz Prison

10 Facts About Ansel Adams

The Iconic National Parks Typeface Has Been Digitized—and It's Free to Download

National Parks Are Piling Up With Poop and Trash Because of the Government Shutdown

Goats Removed from Washington Park After Developing Insatiable Thirst for Human Urine

You Can Visit Any National Park For Free This Saturday

Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser Keeps Erupting, and Scientists Aren't Sure Why

A New NASA Map Shows Spring Is Coming Earlier Each Year

10 Rugged Facts About Badlands National Park

Meet Betty Reid Soskin, the Country's Oldest Park Ranger

Want to Be a Yosemite Ranger? Now’s Your Chance

Geological Map Shows the Massive Reservoir Bubbling Beneath Old Faithful

Denali National Park’s Sled Dog Puppycam Is About to Become Your New Obsession

9-Year-Old Starts Initiative to Help Protect America’s National Monuments

Sequoia Sent to Idaho by John Muir Will Be Uprooted and Moved Two Blocks