A wildfire, the Pickett Fire, started this week in Napa County, California, famous for its beautiful wineries. Get the latest here.

Saguaro National Park and its partner organization, Friends of Saguaro National Park, won 2025 Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Awards.

NPS law-enforcement rangers removed over 2,000 marijuana plants (and more) from an illegal cultivation site in Sequoia National Park.

Most people don’t expect to come home from a camping trip with the Bubonic plague like one camper recently did. Get the details here.

The National Park Service (NPS) is reopening parts of Grand Canyon National Park after a fire forced closures. Popular parts along the canyon’s south rim have remained closed since July 13 due to safety concerns from the Dragon Bravo Fire. While parts of the Grand Canyon reopen, crews continue to work on containing the fire. [...]

A rip current swept two young men away while they were wading in waist-deep water at Huntington Beach along Lake Erie.

How fast are manatees? You may think they’re fairly slow, but a new video suggests otherwise. In the clip, the manatee, also called a sea cow, chases a manta ray. The most surprising part is how easily the manatee keeps up with the ray. Take a look: Israel Velazquez shared the video on his Instagram [...]

A new video of a moose is creating some laughs as the animal lounges in the grass and scares several mountain bikers.  The clip was posted online by @louellarae. She calls Alaska home, so seeing a moose isn’t too much of a surprise. However, if you’re mountain biking down some single track and turn the [...]

While it’s not expected to make landfall, there are plenty of Hurricane Erin closures as the storm continues to head north in the Atlantic Ocean.  As of Tuesday morning, the storm is classified as a Category 2 storm. That means winds are sustained at 105 miles per hour.   Hurricane Erin is expected to stay [...]

A new video out of Arizona captured a noisy mountain lion on a trail camera. The video features two mountain lions in a southern part of the state, but the exact location was not shared.  Unsurprisingly, the crisp video is getting a lot of attention on social media. Many are commenting in an attempt to [...]