National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague ...

Chincoteague Mayor Denise Bowden is worried because President Donald Trump's administration never hired 13 lifeguards to ...

Assateague Island National Seashore doesn't have any lifeguards this year, and local officials and residents are sounding the alarm about the risk this poses for beachgoers. Why it matters: It's the ...

Amid the Fourth of July holiday, the National Parks Conservation Association says fewer than half of the nearly 8,000 season ...

This year Canaveral National Seashore celebrates 50 years of keeping its ecological head above water, as a new wave of threats from more private launches, invasive species, and rising seas all ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials encourage the public to attend the two permitted fireworks shows celebrating ...

A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday that threatened millions of acres of wetlands, ecosystems that mitigate flooding, reduce water pollution and support biodiversity. While the ...

Half of the nation’s wetlands have disappeared since the 1780s, and urban development and agriculture in Illinois have destroyed as much as 90% of its original marshy, swampy land.Nowadays, its ...

Methane emissions rose faster in past 5 years than any other period on record Tropics identified as main source of methane surge, driven by wetlands Methane cuts beyond 30% pledge may be needed to ...