Yosemite National Park News

In the wake of Oprah Winfrey's recent trek to Yosemite National Park , the question of how the National Park Service can build diversity in the park system again is spurring some debate.

Space traveler and entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari will discuss her book and take questions online from November 15 to 19.

Although the recent rain over the weekend has prompted the closure of some Mother Lode passes, they still have not officially closed for the winter.

Imagine this: 36 singers, three heraldic horns, a seven-course feast, a choreographed bevy of waiters, a flock of extras, one rollicking fool, lavish costumes, lively rhyming banter, historic decorations and a wild critter that steals the show.

Publicity surrounding television personality Oprah Winfrey's visit to Yosemite National Park last month has National Park Service officials hopeful the low number of minorities visiting the park can be lifted.

Not too long ago, Karen Fulke could type 100 words per minute. Now, due to a hand injury, it's hard for her to pick up a dime off the floor.

Winter can be a blissful time to visit the national parks. You can head south, and enjoy the warm weather and simply pitch your tent, or you can head to the snow belt and explore the parks on skis or snowshoes.

Mike Danzenbaker, a photographer and bird enthusiast from Mountain View, California, describes the bird species that make Yosemite National Park one of California's premier birding destinations: Black-backed Woodpecker, Williamson's Sapsucker, Blue Grouse, Great Gray Owl, Pine Grosbeak, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, as well as Red-breasted ...

The newly discovered Yosemite Cave Pseudoscorpion is about the length of a human fingernail.

The Town Council Wildlife Committee is moving forward on providing wildlife signage for Mammoth Lakes, but the usual bureaucracies have yet to agree on a plan.

Yosemite National Park has received the 2010 National Park Service National Sustained Park Accessibility Achievement Award.

Yosemite National Park will waive entrance fees on Veterans Day. Anyone entering the park will get in for free on November 11 in honor of current and former members of the U.S. armed forces.

Today's Oprah Show featured Oprah and her best friend Gayle taking a road trip and camping trip to Yosemite National Park.

In New England, they're called leaf peepers. They're the tourists who come by the thousands with their cameras in tow to see the trees in their autumn glory.

The Wawona Ecological Restoration Project continues at Yosemite National Park. The project which began in September, is intended to restore the meadow to its natural condition.

The latest edition of Yosemite Nature Notes takes you into the high country of Yosemite National Park to learn about glaciers, such as the Lyell Glacier.

Established more than two centuries ago, the U.S. Public Health Service will soon be operating a national park medical facility for the first time in its history.

When Shelton Johnson was 5, his family took him to Berchtesgaden National Park in the Bavarian Alps.

Park ranger Shelton Johnson, featured in Ken Burns' "Our National Parks -- America's Best Idea," will be the guest speaker at the John Muir Association's Spotlight Muir! award celebration Nov.

The Yosemite Cave Pseudoscorpion can be found in caves created by rock falls in Yosemite National Park, so watch where you tread.