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America’s Oldest Park Ranger Still Works at 93: ‘Life keeps opening up’
Back in the 1940s, Betty Soskin was a file clerk for a segregated boilermakers union. She waited until she was 85 to join the...
Every 4th Grader to Get Free 1-Year Pass to National Parks
With young people spending more time in front of screens and not getting outdoors enough, the Obama Administration announced last week that every fourth...
100-Year Return of Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox to Yosemite Nat’l Park
Excited Yosemite National Park officials yesterday reported the first confirmed sighting of a rare Sierra Nevada red fox in the park in nearly 100...
Free Admission to All National Parks on Tuesday in Honor of Veterans
Veterans Day gives everyone a chance to thank American veterans and their families, for service to the country.
In honor of those who served, the...
National Parks Announce Photo Contest Winners
The National Park Foundation announced the winners of this year's photo contest. The annual Share the Experience contest encourages amateur photographers to explore America’s...
Grant From Disney to Help 60,000 Students Explore America’s National Parks
In celebration of National Park Week, the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund presented a $500,000 grant last week to help connect kids to nature through...
Free Admission at Every National Park This Week Until Sunday
If you are looking for something fun and fantastic to do with family and friends, head out to America's national parks this week where...
Military Families to Get Free Passes to National Parks
Members of the U.S. military and their families are being given free annual passes to national parks and iconic national monuments as part of...
US National Parks to Waive Park Entry Fees on June 21
The National Park Service is encouraging visitors to celebrate the start of summer with a free visit to one of America’s 394 national parks!...
Good News in History September 25
55 years ago today, the charter establishing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was signed in Rabat, Morocco. The OIC consists of 47 members that...
Good News in History, August 25
21 years ago, NASA successfully launched the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer was the third infrared space telescope, but the first to use an Earth-trailing...
Planting This Grass Could Yield a Bumper Crop in Flood Plains and Stop Coastal Erosion
Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening farmers on America's mid-Atlantic coast, but a crop from colonial times may be the future harvest...
Good News in History, April 16
106 years ago today, Xuan Hua, also known by the dharma name An Tzu, was born. Xuan Hua founded The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association,...
A California Superbloom Is Springing to Life and the Best is Yet to Come
Drenching rains and record snowfall throughout California's 2022-2023 winter season carried on throughout the year, and by September, normally the peak of the dry...
After Mojave Fires, Camels Help Restore Iconic Joshua Tree Groves in the Cherished California Desert
The Mojave National Preserve is having its iconic Joshua trees restored thanks to a crack team of a dozen volunteers, 3 beasts, and 6...
Good News in History, January 12
65 years ago today, Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records, a Black-owned label that achieved crossover success and played an important role...
Good News in History, January 11
25 years ago today, comedian Jon Stewart took charge as the host of the satirical late-night talk show The Daily Show, on Comedy Central....
Instead of Corn and Soy Farming, Use Lab-Grown Oil to Help the Planet, Scientist Says
Lab-grown meat has been all over the news over the last 3 years, but one scientist at UC Irvine believes food scientists are missing...
New Study of Triassic Fossils Reveal the Origins of Living Amphibians Through a Tiny “Funky Worm”
For 3 years, paleontologists working in Petrified Forest National Park have been unearthing the remains of perhaps the oldest known amphibian.
It's not a frog,...
New DNA From a Tooth Confirms Famous Wild Ponies in Maryland Descended From Spanish Shipwreck
Wild feral horses have roamed freely across an island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia for hundreds of years, but exactly how they...