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What Makes an Animal Wild?
Before Zion was a name for a national park, it was another word for Jerusalem. Eventually, it morphed into a metaphor, shorthand for the promised land. Its most famous description appears in the book...
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The Ultimate Channel Islands National Park Travel Guide
While cutting lazy circles in the teal waters near Channel Islands National Park’s Scorpion Anchorage during my second-ever sea-kayaking experience, I made a rookie mistake. “What are some of the most...
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The Perfect Summer Day in Denali National Park
62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the...
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Yvon Chouinard Says We Need to Protect Point Reyes
My life has been indescribably enriched by public lands, and one of the most beautiful on earth is fast losing its wildness: Point Reyes National Seashore. Tragically, the very organization charged...
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Kayaking with Giants in Kenai Fjords National Park
62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the...
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I Was a Bad Dog Owner. Don’t Be Like Me.
Even as far as deserts go, the Bisti Badlands in northern New Mexico are inhospitable. I have rarely seen so much as a lizard among the stone hoodoos and petrified logs. That’s why I was astonished one...
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What Biden’s New Initiative Means for the Parks
On May 6, the Biden administration unveiled a new, ten-year plan for how it intends to make good on Executive Order 14008, which called for the conservation of 30 percent of our nation’s land and water...
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The First Rule of Bite Club? Talk About It.
Alex Wilton lives in San Francisco, surrounded by water. That was once part of its allure; as someone who spent many years sailing, Wilton had come to associate the ocean with freedom—the freedom to...
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The Most Dog-Friendly National Parks in the U.S.
Ah, the great outdoors. The sun on your face, the wind at your back, and (hopefully) a space to explore with your furry pal. While a walk in the park might seem like the most obvious place in the world...
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Which Public Lands Are Right for You?
With four different federal agencies overseeing 28 designations of protected areas amounting to more than 615 millions acres, it’s no wonder most Americans stick to marquee destinations, like national...
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Inside the Most Fascinating Scene from ‘Life in Color’
Anytime I watch a nature documentary, I hope it will include my favorite type of scene: animals edited into an Old Western-style showdown sequence. Think of the iconic example of the baby marine iguana...
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Fact-Checking Idaho’s Wolf Eradication Law
This week, Idaho governor Brad Little is expected to sign into law a bill that calls for the extermination of 90 percent of the state’s 1,500-strong wolf population. Proponents say wolves are ruining...
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The Ethics of Wildlife Photography
World-renowned British photographer David Yarrow was lying on his stomach in the snow on a Tuesday in late January, his camera lens pointed at a pair of red foxes padding toward him over a frozen lake...
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Life and Death Among the Polar Bears
There are few places on earth where humans aren’t at the top of the food chain, but the Arctic sea ice is one of them. Photographer Kiliii Yuyan saw this firsthand while documenting the Inupiat...
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This Oddball Chef Wants to Serve You Wild Animals
One afternoon on a Northern California ranch, as wildfires threatened around the state and the power company shut off electricity to prevent new flare-ups, chef Joshua Skenes woke from a nap and...
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8 Getaway-Worthy Cabins near Yellowstone National Park
A visit to Yellowstone National Park, which straddles the Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho borders, is a must-do for many: America’s first national park is home to erupting geysers, wild grizzlies, and...
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The Mystery of the Falkland Islands' Striated Caracara
In early 1833, during the voyage of the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin found himself in a corner of the world he didn’t particularly care for, an archipelago near the southern tip of South America called...
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How Non-Native Pheasants Protect American Biodiversity
For my 40th birthday, in December, I asked my wife, Virginia, for something special. I wanted her to take advantage of the hunter-education classes that had moved online due to the pandemic to obtain...
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3 Beloved Nature Books You Probably Haven’t Read
“Just trust me” book recommendations are great: you already know that a friend or another reader with good taste loved it, and it’s best to dive in without knowing a lot of details. I’d guess that...
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‘Beloved Beasts’ Is a Riveting History of Conservation
In physics, the Doppler effect describes how a noise like a coming train will always sound different when it approaches than when it recedes. The noise itself is the same, but your perspective changes,...
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