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Barred owls are known to attack humans and outcompete other endangered owl species. Now, a controversial management strategy would involve culling more than 15,000 annually.

A helicopter attempting to evacuate tourists flipped over while trying to land near the world’s highest summit. Tropical cyclone Montha has brought heavy snowfall into the region, and officials have closed trekking routes around Everest and the surrounding peaks.

More than 30 vehicles were involved in mishaps after a snowstorm tore through the area. Now, park officials have reopened most of the roads that were closed for the last few days of the 2025 season before a full winter closure.

Recent allegations of phony summit images on the world’s highest peaks ignited a debate in the mountaineering community. We asked photography experts how to spot a hoax.

Officials said the hikers were “ill-prepared” for winter weather. New Hampshire is one of the few to levy fines on rescued hikers deemed to have entered the wilderness unprepared. Could they pay?

Arizona is among the states with the highest number of lightning deaths and injuries. Severe weather—including lightning, hail, and heavy rain—can occur unexpectedly and frequently at high elevations, particularly in the northern part of the state.

The endurance athlete’s ill-fated run up and down the Grand occurred on September 2, 2024. He shaved a sliver off the standard 13-mile route, taking an informal trail to circumvent a switchback on the descent. As a result of the cut, Fastest Known Time refused to recognize his record.

A single one-mile stretch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has seen an uptick in vehicles colliding with moose, nearly all of which have killed the animal. Now, experts warn there’s an even greater likelihood of car-moose collision as the days get shorter ahead of Daylight Saving Time.

Located on the peak’s North Face, the Hornbein has captivated mountaineers since Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld made its first ascent in 1963. Morrison’s party was only the sixth to ascend the route, and the first since 1991.

Grizzly attacks are most common in the spring, when sows are defending their cubs, and in the fall during hyperfagia, a period of extensive eating to prepare for winter. Although both hikers were hospitalized—one in critical condition—both are expected to recover.

Responders spent six hours rescuing the two, who were stuck on a sheer and rocky couloir deep in the Sierra Nevada

One donor compared visiting a national park with no rangers to visiting Disney World without Mickey Mouse

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Ultrarunner Olivia Amber recently spent four days climbing California’s highest peaks to set the women’s speed record on a famed route

At an age when most individuals are bouncing grandkids on their knees—if their knees even function—Carlos Soria Fontán returns, time and time again, to the most inhospitable regions on Earth, to test himself

A hiker was just rescued from a Colorado peak after blowing a simple rescue whistle. The lesson? Satellite messengers are great, but low-tech tools have their place in a safety kit, too.

Todd Shoulders, 54, died in the South San Juan Wilderness, just ten miles away from where two other hunters were recently killed by lightning

Officials say that the 26-year-old victim was rappelling from the popular Mount Blue Sky route when she suffered a fatal accident

That’s what a group of former National Park Service employees is urging in light of a looming federal shutdown

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The iconic American action star hiked Northern California’s 10,457-foot Lassen Peak

The “Save Our Signs” project is attempting to archive as many signs as possible before they are removed, and hopes park visitors will contribute

Thousands of people flock to Illinois' “Snake Road” every year to view the slithering serpent crossing

Several participants were disqualified from this year’s World Stone Skimming Championships in Scotland after being caught cheating

Ultimately, responders said the incident was a preventable waste of time and resources

The 27-year-old broke his ankle after falling into a deep glacial crevasse known as a bergschrund

Tanner Mansell, a Florida diving guide, saw his life turned upside down after he freed captured sharks on a fishing line

Geologists at Yellowstone National Park have already collected more than 300 hats from the park’s hot spring areas this year

Big Bend does not see many visitors, but it has a high relative death rate.

Last year, Sunseri broke the speed record for ascending and descending the 13,775-foot peak. The record was shortly revoked

Five years after Forrest Fenn’s bronze chest was found, a Canadian treasure hunt is reigniting the wild search for riches

Six questions to ask yourself before adventuring into the outdoors, according to the National Park Service.

Hikers in British Columbia and Montana successfully fended off attacking bears in two separate incidents using this compact deterrent.

The area around a popular lake trail is replete with human waste. Park officials may install a permanent toilet.

Hundreds of festivalgoers are injured at Burning Man each year. To some, the medical bills can be astronomical.

Pete Thompson flew 190 miles over western Colorado by harnessing updrafts and wind. It’s believed to be a record-breaking flight.

The newest Outdoor Industry Association participation report says that more than 180 million Americans went outside to recreate in 2024

A new study illustrates how a city’s specific infrastructure contributes to its inhabitants’ overall health and wellbeing

On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.

Officials believe at least 200 people may have been exposed to rabies while visiting a hotel in Grand Teton National Park.

Jake Schmitt crawled for 11 hours to get help, with his dog, Buddy, by his side

The extinct creature was eight-inches long, had razor-sharp teeth, and resembled a character from the ‘Alien’ movies

Officials in Italy used a combination of flying drones and AI software to locate the remains of a man who vanished in September

The NPS says that refurbishing and reinstalling the toppled statue “aligns with federal responsibilities under historic preservation law”

A search and rescue team in British Columbia deployed drones, mounted police officers, and volunteers. They found a backcountry crooner.

Laura Dahlmeier, 31, was a world champion biathlete. She died after being struck by rockfall on Laila Peak at 20,000 feet.

On October 26, 60 participants will run laps in a Swedish zinc mine in complete silence, 4,300 feet below Earth's surface

The proposal would allow for the killing of nearly 200 black bears over a three-week period in December

The waters of Lonesome Lake, an alpine lake in the Wind River range, exceed the EPA’s safety threshold for fecal contamination by a staggering 384 times

Located in the Yellowstone’s Porcelain Basin, the new thermal feature is believed to have appeared on Christmas Day

A 31-year-old hiker in Washington State is lucky to be alive after suffering serious injuries in a fall. His screams for help led to a rescue.

The effigy was emblazoned with the words “Make America Wait Again,” and it toured the park on Saturday, July 12

Officials in Arizona and Colorado have closed huge swaths of parkland to visitors after lightning-sparked blazes destroyed thousands of acres and hundreds of structures

More than 300 tremors were recorded below Mount Rainier over the course of three days. Scientists say they were too weak for humans to feel.

Everyone survived, but rescuers and bystanders had to perform CPR on two people who fell into the water and extract a third from a tree above a steep gorge

The executive decision also requires all NPS sites to grant American residents preferential treatment in permit lotteries

A habituated male elk chased visitors, poked its antlers into their tent, and then left a stinky surprise in their campsite. Park officials say they are monitoring the animal.

Four rescues in June prompted SAR squads to issue a request to pet owners: “these pup emergencies can be prevented.”

Five distress calls in seven days prompted the local search and rescue team to warm visitors to hike with caution

A bison fell into the 160-degree Grand Prismatic Spring and died. An eyewitness tells us the ordeal was like seeing "the circle of life unfold.”

Officials have reminded the public that summer conditions can quickly become dangerously cold and windy atop the 6,288-foot peak

After seeing a dramatic uptick in search and rescue calls, an official in southern Washington is threatening to charge hikers who are deemed to be negligent

Signs are popping up at NPS sites asking visitors to report any instances of rangers speaking negatively about America. Critics say it’s an attempt to whitewash U.S. history.

Rescuers located Israeli-American hiker Samuel Vengrinovich near the city of Dharamshala in India’s Himalayan foothills

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate added a mandate to the budget bill to sell enormous swaths of public land managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management

The Park Service has reminded visitors to keep their distance from the 2,000-pound animals after a man from New Jersey was attacked

A medevac crew in southern Colorado completed a helicopter rescue on the 14,055-foot mountain, which was recently reopened to hikers

The seismic activity on May 29 was much smaller than the July 2024 explosion that closed Biscuit Basin

Colorado Parks and Wildlife advised dog owners to keep pets on-leash when walking in moose habitat, and to choose trails with good visibility

Inclement weather has delayed the search for a man who went missing on the West Buttress route

More Perfect Union, a nonprofit advocating for workers‘ rights, has put up 300 billboards calling out the staffing cuts to national parks

The 38-year-old from Chicago beat a brain tumor as a teenager and used his passion for mountaineering to raise money for cancer charities

This ultramarathoner didn’t start running until his thirties. Now aged 55, he’s survived cancer—and completed a longtime quest to ski 300 miles across a remote Arctic island.

Brooke Raboutou just became the first woman to ascend a route rated 5.15c. For those unfamiliar with ratings and route names, our climbing writer offers an explainer.

The price of a permit to climb the world’s highest peak will rise 36 percent later this year. Guides believe that climbers will still flock to the mountain.

Tina Lewis was enjoying a “trip of a lifetime” before she was detained at an airport in India. Her crime: traveling with a satellite communication device.

Brothers Hugo and Ross Turner recently flew an electric paraglider over Val d’Isere in France. They believe that small electric motors and lightweight batteries could revolutionize the aerial sport.

The Nepali climber who summited Mount Everest three times in two weeks has always gone her own way

“It goes, boys!” Zangerl, 36, blasted up the 3,300-foot Free Rider on her first attempt, without a single fall.

Metcalfe, a 50-year-old doctor from Colorado, recently became the first American woman to ascend all 14 mountains above 8,000 meters. Before completing the record, she battled internal demons over what it means to make history on the peaks.