Obviously, this tourist was nowhere close to that distance. Park visitors horrified by tourist's reckless encounter with wild ...

At any outdoor park or landscape, it's never safe to approach and pet wildlife. However, in late October, tourists were spotted petting elk from inside their cars at Rocky Mountain National Park ...

Elk attacks in Rocky Mountain National Park are rare, according to Kyle Patterson, the park’s public affairs officer. “We put a lot of things in place to try to avoid that as much as possible ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is also integrally connected to the surrounding landscape ... These leases are directly in important wintering grounds for elk which migrate in and out of the park.

More than 150 gatherings took place Saturday at National Park Service sites nationwide. They were organized by a group of off-duty or former park service staff and seasonal employees.

In late fall and early winter, hundreds of elk from the Estes Park area, including Rocky Mountain National Park, migrate to the lower elevation. Loveland's newest natural area is a prime spot to ...

Most travelers call Trail Ridge Road a must-do while in Rocky Mountain National Park. One recent traveler ... views along Trail Ridge Road, saw elk, marmots and moose. Stopping at the lookout ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — Hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park early Saturday morning to protest recent layoffs affecting national park employees. The ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In Rocky Mountain National Park, 415 square miles of mountain terrain are protected—but not from effects of climate ...

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday to oppose the recent firings of approximately 1,000 National Park Service and over 3,000 U.S. Forest Service employees ...

The park's wildlife, which includes elk, bighorn sheep and moose, roam the verdant forests and glittering lakes, guaranteeing that every trip to Rocky Mountain National Park will be memorable.