Pelican Island, located in the Indian River Lagoon, was designated as America's first national wildlife refuge in 1903. The island serves as a crucial nesting habitat for brown pelicans and over ...

In Brandon Weichert’s recent article in this publication, he argues that the United States has potentially “already lost the First Island Chain” due to China’s growing anti-access/area ...

In its submissions in the case filed by Mr Adil Awadh, who is claiming ownership of the land valued at over Sh150 million, NMK claims the site is gazetted as national ruins and monument. The court has ...

We were at Padre Island National Seashore, part of the Corpus Christi area in south Texas, steps from the beach vehicle barrier at Milepost 0. I tossed my gnarly treasure into a bag with sea coconuts, ...

A decision by Padre Island National Seashore officials to close the seashore during a recent cold snap that stunned nearly 1,000 sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, killing an unspecified number, has ...

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

Its landscape is mostly covered with tropical rainforest and rugged limestone karst terrain. Christmas Island National Park covers about 85 km 2 (63%) of Christmas Island’s land area as well as an ...

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The first inaugural Gov Ball consisted of a one-day, one-stage performance in New York Harbor’s Governors Island in 2011 and featured performers Mac Miller, Empire of the Sun and Passion Pit. “We ...

Find out more about this new national monument that will memorialize historic discrimination against 2SLGBTQI+ people in Canada, including during the LGBT Purge. It will be located at the corner of ...

CHEYENNE — Wednesday night, the Senate rejected a decades-long practice in Wyoming by announcing it would not pass a supplemental budget bill this session.

This was the busiest time in the fort’s history. In 1939 the fort was redesignated as a National Monument and Historic Shrine, the first and only of its kind. Fort McHenry was briefly called ...