Entrance fees at Assateague Island National Seashore could soon be increasing, but only for some visitors. A new executive ...

National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague ...

About 50%-75% of drownings occur in open water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and ponds. Some estimates indicate that the ...

The Chincoteague Pony Swim is an annual weeklong carnival celebrating its centennial this year, when Virginia's wild ponies ...

At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs ...

Amid the Fourth of July holiday, the National Parks Conservation Association says fewer than half of the nearly 8,000 season ...

Do: Bring walking shoes to explore the island’s saltwater marshes and maritime forests, as well as to check out the iconic ...

Check out this official guide to the 100th annual Chincoteague Pony Roundup, Swim and Auction, a historic celebration on the ...

Deeply experienced National Park Service staffers are leaving in the face of budget cuts and uncertainty, and they might ...

Eleven of North America’s best under-the-radar islands, from paradise beaches to a wilderness at the end of the earth - Our ...

When Azania Lane-Majestic arrived at the beach with her family, her initial excitement gave way to concern. No lifeguards could be seen despite heavy, pounding surf.