The National Park Service has been closing a road in Pennsylvania so mating amphibians don't get squashed by vehicles as they seek out mates. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Park Ranger Kathleen Sandt tells WNEP-TV that the road was closed for the first time in February due to the mild, rainy weather that prompts salamanders, wood frogs and spring peepers to mate.
The National Park Service has been closing a road in Pennsylvania so mating amphibians don't get squashed by vehicles as they seek out mates. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Park Ranger Kathleen Sandt tells WNEP-TV that the road was closed for the first time in February due to the mild, rainy weather that prompts salamanders, wood frogs and spring peepers to mate.
The Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial were defaced by what authorities believe was a single vandal over Presidents Day weekend in Washington, D.C. Officials with the U.S. Park Police and National Park Service said that they believe a lone individual committed the criminal act late Saturday night with a permanent marker. "In the earliest hours of Sunday morning, around 1:00 or 2:00 am, a park police officer on patrol here at the Lincoln memorial discovered some graffiti," Sergeant Anna Rose, with the U.S. Park Police, said at a Tuesday morning press conference.
... had it fully leaned into its true nature, and included jugglers, kid performers, and pet tricks. As it was, it had the weird vibes of other events tailored for powerful men with questionable taste, like the time Pope Benedict XVI was entertained by ...
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A Burmese python has been spotted in Biscayne Bay - A first for Biscayne National Park and another sign that the state's out-of-control pythons are getting more adept to inhibiting the state's salty fringes. The Miami Herald reports that in November, a kayaker found a 9-foot python sunning on a platform more than a half mile offshore in Biscayne Bay.