This prankster is off the rails — literally. A careless prankster nearly faced deathly consequences when he jumped over the safety rail and lost his footing at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah in a heart-racing video posted on Reddit showed. The footage captured the man in a bright lime green shirt looking back at the camera … Read more
Millions visit US national parks each year, and some don’t make it back home. Based on available mortality and visitor data from the National Park Service, five parks were found to be the deadliest. Washington state’s North Cascades National Park has the highest mortality rate at 0.004% with nine deaths between 2014 and 2021. Alaska’s Lake Clark … Read more
The National Park Service advised parkgoers facing a bear attack not to “push a slower friend down,” prompting a humorous back-and-forth with social media users with jokes of their own. “If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down… even if you feel the friendship has run its course,” the service tweeted on Tuesday. … Read more
It was a toad-ally unexpected find. Australian park rangers were stunned when they stumbled upon what could be the world’s largest known toad deep in a rainforest, tipping the scales at a whopping 6 pounds. Nicknamed “Toadzilla” for its monstrous size, the cane toad — an invasive species that poses a threat to Australia’s ecosystem — … Read more