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Yellowstone National Park turned 150 years old in 2022. As the U.S. continues to celebrate a milestone anniversary of this treasured American national park — now 152 years old in 2024 — here’s a collection of fascinating facts, featured players and sometimes-forgotten but always interesting details, numbers, quotes and more connected to our remarkable national preserve. Check out these 152 …

It’s National Park Week — a unique time to appreciate the beauty and splendor of the great American outdoors. While the U.S. park scene offers plenty of notable historic sites and landscapes, there are also many features and facts about our national parks that are far lesser known. “National parks are powerful places that have many meanings and connections to …

It’s National Park Week — and from Yellowstone National Park to Jackson Hole, wildlife in the Rocky Mountain West is an American treasure, which is why visitors flock to see it. Park goers are bound to view some amazing animals during their trips — and it’s always smart to know what to expect before encountering native species. Jackson Hole EcoTour …

An elusive rodent considered to be a “sensitive species,” has been spotted on a West Virginia trail in the Allegheny mountains. Officials of Monongahela National Forest, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, posted a video on Facebook last week showing a small creature moving around in the darkness. The trail camera had captured a 17-inch-long rodent …

Sitting rife with untouched land where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, Wyoming is prime real estate for some of America’s greatest natural phenomena. Serving as home to 10 national parks, 12 state parks and some 28 historic sites, the state is just as rich in nature as it is in relics from the cowboys, gunslingers and frontiersmen of …

Eight wild buffaloes walked into low-lying power lines in western Kenya and were electrocuted, the national wildlife agency said Friday. The incident happened at the Lake Nakuru National Park known for its diverse wildlife species, the Kenya Wildlife Service said. BUFFALOES ROAMING MAJOR HIGHWAY PROMPT WILDLIFE RESCUE OPERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA The power lines were lying low on the ground …

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Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead 56 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin “hoped to kill MLK’s great and widespread dream of unity,” Alveda King, the civil rights leader’s niece, shared with Fox News Digital in a message to be posted on Thursday morning, April 4, on social media. The killer failed in his mission, King wrote …

Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict. The macaques that roam Lopburi are a symbol of local culture, and a major tourist draw. But after years of dangerous encounters with residents and visitors and several failed attempts to bring peace with population …

Strong winds in southern Poland on Monday toppled trees that killed three adults and two children, emergency responders said. A spokesperson for the region’s firefighters, Hubert Cieply, said two women and a 6-year-old were crushed to death in the town of Rabka-Zdrój. Separately, a woman died when a tree fell on her car in the town of Zakopane at the …