Big Bend National Park in Texas offers lots of great spots for outdoor recreation, including this trail that hiking ...

New executive director Mary Sirgo aims to expand NPSOT with a High Plains chapter, boosting native landscape education and ...

In May, I embarked on my annual spring visit to California’s deserts. This time my husband and I picked Joshua Tree National Park, a place I hadn’t explored in many years. We set out on a 7-mile hike, ...

There’s something almost otherworldly about standing in the middle of a desert at night. No city glow, no noise except maybe ...

Many people think deserts are only hot, but the two largest deserts on Earth are actually cold deserts. Take a look at the ...

Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso offers exactly that kind of time-traveling adventure at a price that won’t make your credit card weep. This 860-acre natural wonderland sits just 32 ...

Five major ecosystems dominate the state parks in New Mexico, from desert to scrubland to marshes. There’s so much to see!

Welcome to Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, the 860-acre natural wonderland just outside El Paso that somehow remains one of Texas’ best-kept secrets – though it really shouldn’t be. The first ...

If you're looking for a beautiful yet rather claustrophobic hike in Texas, then you're going to love the Closed Canyon Trail ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife is going on a spending spree to open new parks to the public, a welcome development in a state where ...

The Rio Grande is full of wondrous adventure, and this New Mexico park has got everything you could ask for, from trails and forests to breathtaking wildlife.

NORTHERN GAZA STRIP — It is utterly quiet in a place once known as one of the most densely populated in the world. The Israeli military took me and a small group of other international journalists ...