After making billions of dollars in revenue from our national parks, Delaware North Companies is aiming to extort the federal government for even more. Enough is enough.

It's expensive, demanding, and in the eyes of the many cities that have refused to throw their hats into the five-ring circus, a total scam

A new bill could allow pipelines to make their way into your favorite wild lands

As the Paris talks continue, the brand's president calls for a concerted effort to bring about real change

Without hard numbers to demonstrate the value of our public lands and the recreation they support, Congress won’t take our needs seriously

Pro skier Angel Collinson lays out how the state’s refusal to obey federal clean air standards is costing athletes, businesses, and visitors

From the Sierra Club: The best way we have of maintaining recreation areas across the country is in danger of being cut off entirely.

When you’re stuck in the backcountry and need help, several states could bill you for the trouble of saving your life. It’s worth knowing where you might be held liable.

Three men BASE jumped from the One World Trade Center in September 2013. Six months later they were arrested. Their ongoing—and, many would say, harsher than necessary—legal battle raises the question: How serious a crime is leaping off a building?

It's time pro women got an equal number of slots to compete in triathlon's premiere World Championship event.

It's time for their doors to be shut once and for all

Climate change and the global demand for oil will persist whether or not Keystone is built

A hydrologist lays out why Great Plains groundwater is safe from possible leaks in the pipeline

It's been a national park for 50 years. One more step will ensure that it's safe forever.

The grizzlies of Yellowstone are about to be removed from the endangered species list. The surprising thing: that's probably for the best.

Plastic toys, on the other hand, rule! That's the takeaway from a recent Toys"R"Us advertisement. Fortunately, some recent public policy changes bode well for getting kids in need more than free toys.

The paragliding community is spitting mad about a video that purports to show a paramotor provocateur chasing and assaulting an owl for nearly seven minutes. But how do you identify the guy?

Cats are being blamed for killing billions of birds and small mammals in the United States every year, but off-leash, free-roaming, and feral dogs are responsible for a fair bit of damage to wildlife, too

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The world's best gymnast is a 16-year-old African American. Shani Hilton explains just what that means.

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Through years of misinformation, they've gotten lumped in with ATVs, snowmobiles, and other maligned vehicles

In the wake of the Caster Semenya gender controversy, the International Olympic Committee is in the process of convening a panel of medical experts to draw up a set of guidelines for future issues surrounding gender ambiguity.  In…

A peek inside the dog-eat-dog world of archaeological sleuths, historic aircraft buffs, and serial entrepreneurs trying to solve the mystery of what happened to one of the greatest aviators of the 20th century