A free permit, available from park headquarters, is needed for backcountry camping. Hike with us: National Geographic ... local land management agencies, these expertly researched maps deliver ...

Strother hopes his research leads to a better understanding of the transition from water-dwelling algae to the Earth's first land plants ... inside the national park. Packers and tourists are ...

Never before had a large, populated expanse of private land been converted into a national park. And never before had planners made a park of land so used by humans. Before the park opened and ...

More than a century after their founding, national parks are still a reminder that we can all come together over the things we love most.

National Geographic Young Explorer and ... coast is open to exploration via watercraft, land-bound visitors have three options for entering the park: Everglades Homestead in the east, Shark ...