Park ranger

A park ranger snapped a selfie with two orphaned gorillas and the image posted to Facebook has provided a glimpse into the work of conservationists and the intriguing behavior of animals in Africa. The image captured was just “another day at the office” for park ranger Mathieu Shamavu of the Elite AntiPoaching Units And Combat Trackers in Virunga National Park...

A park ranger from New Jersey furloughed during the partial federal government shutdown has claimed a $29.5 million lottery jackpot.

Park rangers were once again greeting visitors at some national parks across the United States and flight operations at major airports were returning to normal on Saturday, one day after a partial government shutdown came to an end. While there were signs that some government machinery was grinding back to life after a record 35 days without funding, many federal...

A handyman well known in Dumfries, Virginia, died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Tuesday. Family and friends are calling for the driver to come forward to police.

A U.S. park ranger confronted a woman seen snatching birds at a historic square in Philadelphia and placing them alive in plastic bags, and she claimed she released the birds after catching them.

A day after a deadly rock fall at Yosemite National Park, another rock fall has been reported Thursday on the popular El Capitan, according to NBC affiliate KSEE.

Don Kushner emerged from his afternoon hike on Camelback Mountain clearly a little run down from the heat....
Kushner was one of the few who ignored warnings to avoid strenuous outdoor activity and decided to exercise outside on one of the hottest days in Phoenix’s recorded history....
“Here it’s your own private mountain and it’s wonderful,” he said, covered in sweat...

A black bear killed a 16-year-old runner while he was competing in an Alaska race on Sunday, authorities said. The teenager, whose identify has not been released, was a participant in the juniors division of the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb race between Anchorage and Girdwood, the Alaska Dispatch News reports. The runner had apparently made it to the halfway...

A retired University of Maryland professor who was reported missing nearly a month ago was found dead in a Prince George’s County lake by students participating in a community service effort.

The Maryland-National Capitol Park Police said the students found the body in Lake Artemesia about 9:30 a.m. Saturday near Indian Creek.

In a surprise ceremony Sunday, the nation’s oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, received a replacement for the commemorative presidential coin that was stolen from her Richmond, Calif., apartment during a violent attack.