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One thousand ninety-five miles. That’s what the tracker read after our first big road trip with the kids — a round-trip ...

Beg your pardon?” I said. “Self-rescue,” repeated the Chisos Basin park ranger. “Self …” “Yes,” the ranger continued. “Are ...

El Paso wildlife advocate worries about the impact of a partial closure at Big Bend National Park Gavin Newsom proposes ... satellite photos show A Day in the Life of Shipyard Workers Breaking ...

The Nature Conservancy in Texas and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased Heath Canyon Ranch, a 671-acre property located just outside Big Bend National Park.(Braden Echols / Provided ...

The United States military has deployed approximately 200 troops and armored vehicles to Big Bend National Park ... returning from a family visit. Officers discovered photos and videos on her ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown member of the sunflower family in Texas’ Big Bend National Park—the first time a new plant genus and species has been identified in a U.S ...

DALLAS — The U.S. military is deploying troops and armored vehicles to West Texas, including inside Big Bend National Park, as part of ... while herding his family’s goats.

(Big Bend National Park ... northern stretch of the park. The park ranger and botany program volunteer who stumbled upon them took photos and consulted species databases, herbarium records ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Staff members at Big Bend National Park have made a remarkable botanical discovery, identifying a new plant species and genus in a remote part ...

The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National ... hike in the park’s backcountry in March 2024 by park volunteer Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt, a park interpretive ...

According to Zion National Park spokeswoman Amanda Rowland, the slide occurred about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Big Bend area ... and he captured photos of the rocks crashing down.