Yosemite National Park spans nearly 1,200 square-miles in California’s Sierra Nevada, an area more that double the size of Los Angeles. It’s home to giant sequoias, hiking trails, hundreds of species ...

Yosemite National Park, created in 1890, is one of the oldest nature preserves in the United States. A wonderland of geological formations and biological diversity, the park spans nearly 1,200 square ...

No one knows what started the Rim Fire, the 160,000 acre blaze that’s ripping through the western side of Yosemite National Park. But nearly 4,000 firefighters have been dispatched to try to stop it ...

The ancestral homeland of seven associated tribes, Yosemite National Park is home to hundreds of wildlife species and over 1,000 plant species. “Not just a great valley, but a shrine to human ...

Late Tuesday, the Trump administration released new rules that require people who want to visit Yosemite National Park to make entrance reservations. The rules come after months of delays, and are ...

160 years ago on July 7, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to the state of California “for public use, resort and recreation.” “I have seen persons of ...

Yosemite National Park is a true American Icon! For generations, this magical place has inspired the likes of John Muir ...

John Muir was born in Scotland on April 21, 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was 11 years old and settled in Wisconsin. Muir was an inventor, farmer, sheepherder, logger and ...

Update Wed Aug 28 06:00 PM: As firefighters continued trying to contained the fire throughout the day on Wednesday, officials issued air quality warnings in Carson City and Reno, Nevada, due to the ...