A 24-car lot off North Kelly Road could end years of accessing the 709-acre park through Skyline Wilderness Park.

Two parcels near Mount Bonnell would grow the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve's protected footprint next to Bright Leaf.

Texas Parks & Wildlife says monarchs are on the move statewide, with thousands already spotted sweeping through the Panhandle.

The Washington Heights park reopened Thursday with new courts, a custom playground, and markers honoring its namesake and segregation-era history.

Rocky Flats refuge near Denver allows its first-ever elk hunt as the herd swells to roughly 700, far above what the land can sustain.

A new non-motorized connector trail is coming to the Indian Creek system, which stays open to hikers, bikers and horses.

Police are telling a Northern Virginia community to stay alert after a bear went rummaging through residential trash.

Albuquerque Fire Rescue helped trap the sow at Tanoan Country Club before she died from her injuries, leaving two cubs behind.

The giraffe, elephant, kangaroo and penguin are staying put as Kansas City North's beloved playground gets new poured-in-place surfacing and equipment in the final phase.

Dinari was one year older than the median life expectancy for lions before kidney failure set in. The zoo hopes to bring lions back someday.

Salt Lake City's polar bear Neva packed on weight before vanishing into her soundproofed den. Nikita is still out and about at Rocky Shores.

The new panel will hunt funding and partnerships as South Carolina chases a goal of protecting 7 million acres statewide.

Crimson and gold now blanket the Garden, though staff say a few maples are holding out on turning.