The mountain was named Mount Rainier back in 1792 by British explorer George Vancouver. He named it after his friend, Peter Rainier, a member of the British military who had never been to Washington.

While Zion National Park is managing summer crowds, 10 spots will see a small fraction of the millions of visitors crowding the most popular parks.

Mass firings and resignations have caused the National Park Service to lose 9% of its staff. Now, lease terminations by the administration are putting 34 field offices and facilities on the brink of ...

Access to facilities, including restrooms and trails, could be limited at national parks and U.S. Forest Service lands, ...

MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. — When Hanford McCloud looks at the towering volcano that is the namesake of Mount Rainier National Park ...

So far, there has been no impact on monitoring. But the potential is there if the limitations at the federal level continue.

Social media users are escalating the long-simmering battle between Washington and Oregon into an all-out roast session, ...

according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. And Mount Etna, the tallest volcano in Europe, erupted on Feb. 8 and again two days later, just days before the Hawaii volcano. With ash ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.