According to the National Park Service, visitors report more than 150 mountain lion sightings at Big Bend National Park each year. Mountain lions—also known as cougars—are elusive and typically found ...

While hiking in Big Bend National Park, a trio of hikers had a surprise run with a mountain lion on the trail. Joey Thometz ...

Many of America's national parks are home to animals you don't want to cross paths with while visiting them. That includes Big Bend National Park in ...

Hikers in Texas came across a mountain lion, and experts say this is a relatively rare encounter to have in Big Bend National ...

Big Bend officials added that the roads and campsites will open by Monday, September 5, if conditions improve. The park added to exercise extreme caution when choosing your hike this weekend as the ...

Organizer Bob Krumenaker will lead free Keep Big Bend Wild talks in Midland Nov. 10-11 to build support for a Big Bend ...

A few Big Bend National Park areas will be closed next week as officials act to reduce the population of an invasive sheep species by shooting them from a helicopter. Aoudad sheep are invasive in the ...

The largest national park in Texas could get even bigger. A bipartisan bill proposing an expansion of the Big Bend National Park, which already sprawls 801,163 acres, passed in the U.S. Senate ...

Big Bend National Park features broad expanses of Chihuahuan Desert shrubland and grassland interspersed with smaller areas of high-elevation woodland in the Chisos Mountains. Rugged rocks and deep ...

Discover why West Texas' Big Bend region is an outdoor lover's dream. The Big Bend region of West Texas has no shortage of breathtaking sunset views and sweeping vistas that stretch endlessly across ...

Astronomers, ranging from amateurs to professionals, have long cherished the Big Bend region of West Texas for having the darkest of skies — all the better for catching clear views of stars, planets ...