Don't let the name fool you. There's nothing bad about Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Spanning 244,000 acres, Badlands' striking buttes, canyons and prairies are home to "many resilient ...

The Badlands Inn is located just outside the boundary of Badlands National Park and only a few minute's drive from the parking lot to the park entrance and fee station. We stayed at the Badlands Inn ...

Researchers have discovered a new genus of prehistoric deer that they believe existed some 32 million years ago in an area around what is now southwestern South Dakota. The deer would not have ...

In a place like Badlands National Park, you don't find a lot of lengthy South Dakota hiking trails. There's a good reason for that. In a spot as desolate (yet still stunningly beautiful) as the ...

Memorial Day marked the beginning of the summer schedule for park ranger programs at Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Programs run through Sept. 4; all times listed are Mountain Time. Fossil ...

The National Park Service recommends keeping at least two bus lengths away from wild animals. Bison are known to charge at ...

You can marvel at the wonders of the world in a fully illustrated coffee table book; you can study geography and geology to gain an understanding of why landscapes are as they are; you can read tales ...

Perched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed hat into a corral where 100 wild bison awaited transfer to the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Descendants ...

A federal circuit court has upheld a recent prohibition on helicopter tours over Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Badlands National Park in South Dakota, rejecting motions from aircraft companies ...

INTERIOR – Abigail Aldrich has been appointed as the new deputy superintendent of Badlands National Park/superintendent of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota. Aldrich, a project ...