Badlands are a type of landscape where soft, clay-heavy soil is eroded over time by water and wind, creating a colorful complex of gullies, ravines, buttes, and other prominent rock formations.

These dazzling rock formations stand where dinosaurs once roamed. In the high desert of New Mexico, these sprawling badlands draw hikers and photographers with otherworldly “hoodoos” and a ...

Around a million visitors a year come to Badlands National Park to view its distinctive rock formations, teeming wildlife and wide-open skies. Badlands is divided into two main regions, the North Unit ...

Nature doesn’t follow blueprints, and sometimes the result is strange enough to stop you in your tracks. Around the world, ...

At first blush, "it doesn't sound like the best place to go," admits Christine Czazasty, the chief of interpretation and resource education for Badlands National Park. After all, the National ...

Badlands National Park’s 244,000 acres contain expanses of striking geologic formations. Photograph by Phil Schermeister, Nat Geo Image Collection Established in 1978, Badlands National Park ...

How my two daughters, 7 and 10, achieved ‘fossil finder’ status in Badlands National Park A family explores otherworldly landscapes and gets a glimpse of the ancient past in this South Dakota gem.