Big Bend National Park protects a chuck of the West Texas desert where the road ends at the Mexican border. The skies are as ...

Hundreds of troops and armored vehicles have been deployed to Big Bend National Park in Texas to curb illegal immigration.

Fears of long lines and less safe conditions for park-goers might be a problem for Big Bend National Park in Texas soon, but a less popular national park in the state may fare better amid ongoing ...

A new bill proposes expanding Big Bend National Park by 6,100 acres to conserve the Terlingua watershed ecosystem.

The Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act would authorize National Park Service to acquire 6,100 acres of land.

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When Christy Perry, a young Houston woman, went missing while hiking in Big Bend National Park in 2023, it prompted an all-hands-on-deck response. The park’s search-and-rescue team, which ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Texas Senator John Cornyn, New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján and Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales proposed a bill Tuesday that would expand Big Bend National Park and help ...

The woolly devil—a recently identified plant species—has researchers intrigued because it belongs to a brand new genus.

Researchers say odd-looking plants discovered by a volunteer and supervisory interpretive park ranger at a U.S. National Park are a new species.The unique plant was found growing on desert rocks ...