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Meet the bears of Fat Bear Week 2024 after the attack-delayed reveal

Fat Bear Week is just around the corner Fat Bear Week is almost upon us, but in the meantime there is a smaller competition taking place where the cubs compete against each other. Straight Arrow News Fat Bear Week is…

Clingmans Dome was renamed to honor the Cherokee heritage

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) — Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has been officially renamed Kuwohi after the U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved a formal request from the Eastern…

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tweet on government shutdown shows division in the Republican Party

With the budget freeze looming on October 1, Republicans in the House of Representatives are running out of time to pass a funding bill and avoid the first shutdown since 2018, which lasted more than a month. There are disputes…

National Parks are part of the NYT Strands puzzle. Here’s where to find them in KY

Puzzle lovers today rushed to Google to find the names of the national parks hidden in today’s NYT Strand issue on “American Beauty.” According to the National Park Service, Kentucky has nine national parks, some of which are spread across…

Find American Beauty in Indiana

How Indiana Dunes became a national park Indiana Dunes, a 6,000-hectare area in northern Indiana on the south shore of Lake Michigan, was recently declared a national park. That’s how it came about. Dwight Adams, [email protected] Puzzle lovers today rushed…

How technology can make national parks even more accessible

Influencer shows how she travels around the world as a blind person Molly Burke is nearly blind and has had many difficulties traveling through an airport. Employee video, USA TODAY One in four adults in the United States has a…

The National Park Service will decide the future of the park plan for Middlesex County

EDISON – With the public comment period on the proposed sports complex at Thomas A. Edison Park ending Sept. 3, the Middlesex Greenway Coalition is hosting a presentation on the project by environmentalist Walter Stochel on Thursday. The presentation by…

Poisonous “spiny fireworms” wash up near Corpus Christi

Watch: Sea creatures could be an extremely rare species of whale Scientists believe that a whale washed up on a New Zealand beach could be an extremely rare spade-toothed whale. Spiny fireworms wash up on Mustang Island near Corpus Christi…

At almost 5,000 years old, the bristlecone pine is the oldest tree in the world.

The oldest tree species is the bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The oldest tree of this species is called Methuselah and is over 4,800 years old. The longevity of the Great Basin bristlecone pine can be attributed to factors such as…

US National Park Service receives largest grant in its history

The National Park Foundation, the official charitable partner of the National Park Service, is set to receive a $100 million donation, which the foundation says is the largest grant in its history. According to the Associated Press (AP), the unprecedented…