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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for a beautiful yet rather claustrophobic hike in Texas, then you’re going to love the Closed Canyon Trail! This hike offers incredible vistas, epic mountains, towering canyon walls, ...

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

A squadron of javelinas browses across a dusty patch of dried grass in trail-camera footage captured at sunset on Jan. 20. If you turn up the volume and listen closely, you can hear the hum of traffic ...

Mandai Wildlife Reserve is seeing yet another addition after the opening of its Mandai Rainforest Resort and Colugo Camp this year. Curiosity Cove, a nature-inspired playscape is set to launch on Nov ...