Badlands National Park is a vast wilderness of jagged buttes, spires and pinnacles, mixed-grass prairies, and the world’s richest trove of fossils from the Oligocene epoch, estimated at 23 to 35 ...

In fact, the White River Badlands were proclaimed a national monument in 1939 and elevated to a national park in 1978, mainly to protect the fossil beds from nonscientific collectors. Researchers ...

Thrilled at this brief sighting, Joe spent the next three days in South Dakota's Badlands National Park trying for another. 'Sometimes I spent more than six hours searching for it, only to get just a ...

There are a variety of activities available for all ages, such as white-water rafting, sandboarding, fossil hunting ... relaxation on your trip. Badlands National Park in South Dakota is known ...

The Ultimate Badlands National Park Hiking Guide will help you choose which trail to explore. Weather you choose to see the ...

Scientists have identified several hundred species of fossil plants and animals in Petrified Forest. The park ... Blue Mesa badlands, and consider a hike in the Petrified Forest National ...