Back in January, SFGATE was on the ground in the national park during a previous eruption episode that also rained tephra ...

A man has died after entering a closed and hazardous area at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park last week, according to the ...

Tephra is fragmented volcanic material — including ash, rock and strands of volcanic glass — blasted into the air during an ...

A National Park Service heavy equipment operator sweeps Crater Rim Drive East after scraping fallen trees and branches earlier. NPS Photo/J.Wei. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park r ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is shooting lava fountains up to 1,000 feet, and falling ash and volcanic fragments are forcing ...

This may be one of the most unique national parks in the country.

Think of a forest and most people will envision lush landscapes with rows of tall trees all around. A forest can also be a place where people find 200-million-year-old fossils of ancient trees from ...

In 2026, busy national parks, including Arches, Glacier and Yosemite, will be doing away with reservation systems that for years have helped control crowds, the National Park Service announced on ...

The nine-hour eruptive event on Tuesday, while contained within the park, produced sustained high lava fountaining, which reached up to 1,300 feet at one point, and began at 9:17 a.m. It also resulted ...

Three of America’s most popular national parks will be easier to visit this summer. “We’re expanding access where conditions allow and using targeted tools only where necessary to protect visitor ...

Building a border wall through Big Bend National Park would choke off vital wildlife migration routes, intensify flooding risks, and inflict irreparable damage to one of our country’s most iconic ...

The decision to eliminate systems follows what the NPS called “a comprehensive evaluation of traffic patterns, parking availability and visitor use during the 2025 season.” The efforts are meant to ...