A great road is a great road, but if you're riding a motorcycle, you're looking for something special: twisties, vistas, turnouts, that perfect stretch of smooth tarmac, and biker-friendly stops that make getting there most of the fun. Here are 10 of the best roads across America for an unforgettable motorcycle journey:
A bear attack caused the death of a hiker whose body was found on a trail in Yellowstone National Park, officials confirmed Monday.
A brown bear and her cub mauled a group of teenage boys deep in the Alaskan wilderness, forcing rescuers to scramble early Sunday to help the injured.
Two victims suffer critical injuries after a grizzly bear and cub mauled four teens hiking in Alaska.
Wildlife officials in Colorado say they have killed a bear believed to have been involved in an attack on a teenage boy Friday morning.
Having spent an hour walking the trails in Yellowstone National Park, Erin Prophet suddenly heard the words that every hiker dreads.
Neighbors of Brian Matayoshi react to his death after he was attacked by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
The grizzly bear that attacked and killed a man in Yellowstone National Park acted in defense, park officials said on Thursday, adding that they have no plans to kill the bear.
A man was killed by a grizzly bear Wednesday morning at Yellowstone National Park, according to the National Park Service.
Summer in the U.S. and Canada is all about road tripping. Here are 7 of our favorites, some well known, others following country roads that only locals usually travel. All of them have plenty of room for improvisation.
An average of $32 million a day in national parks revenue could be shut off if the Beltway showdown results in a government shutdown, officials say.
I live in a very remote location: Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. I have a hard time buying groceries that are healthy. There is no way I could get to the store even once a week. I end up buying in bulk: frozen (limited space), cans, dry just-add-water type stuff. Any suggestions for better eating?
I am not sure we ever get past the annoying disappointments, nor do we ever learn to break through walls and climb mountains, but we can get close to it if we just do it.
A fire at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming continues to spread in the same area where a 2001 fire burned at the park.
Authorities have pulled out all the stops to find the last of three escaped Arizona convicts and his suspected accomplice Tuesday, and believe the couple may be in western Montana or southwestern Canada, federal law enforcement officials said.
A record number of vacationers found a way to escape the sizzling heat in July: head to the cooler climates and natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park.
A Montana wildlife official talks about the three separate bear attacks at a campground in Cooke City. KTVQ reports.
Bear attacks on separate campsites in Montana left one person dead and two others injured Wednesday, according to wildlife officials.
Here are some statistics to ponder:
A woman who was filming a buffalo in Yellowstone National Park is suddenly attacked by the massive beast. KSL reports.
Authorities shot and killed a grizzly bear that mauled a 70-year-old man near Yellowstone National Park, a Wyoming Game and Fish Department spokesman said Saturday.
Wolves should be reintroduced in U.S. national parks to help restore damaged ecosystems, according to a new report.
A WWII vet's trumpet help him cope with the death and destruction on D-Day. Photojournalist John Torigoe has the story.
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Kevin Toohill yearned to experience the wide-open vistas of the western U.S. Today, the avid outdoorsman lives with his family in Billings, Mont., where he runs Beartooth Mapping, a firm that sells customized topographic maps and other geographic products. Its Web site, MyTopo.com, allows consumers to customize maps by choosing the location, center, area, size, print finish and numerous other specifications. The company grosses between $2 million and $3 million annually.
A wildfire in Yellowstone National Park has grown to 9,300 acres and closed a section of the main road through the park, but Yellowstone is still open and National Park Service officials said Monday there was no danger to travelers.
The check-in time at the Express By Holiday Inn London-Southwark is 2 p.m., but when Arthur Roach arrived at the hotel just after 11 a.m., he thought it might make an exception.
From Yellowstone National Park to the Everglades, America's 391 national parks are in need of repair -- and thanks to the economic stimulus signed into law, help is now underway.
Allison Rupp worked at Yellowstone National Park's historic Old Faithful Inn in 2004.
There is no animal on earth more vilified than the shark. Pop culture references and annual, over-hyped reports of attacks on swimmers or surfers have put sharks on the top of the list of the world's most feared living things.
Microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars?
Climatology was once a small and often overlooked branch of science. But important discoveries made as early as the 19th century have contributed to what is the most important field of scientific study in the world today. Listed below are some key dates in climate change history.
More than half of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has died since last fall, forcing the government to suspend its annual slaughter program.
Yellowstone officials face fierce criticism for slaughtering bison to prevent the spread of disease.
The gray wolf was officially removed from the Endangered Species Act's "threatened" list Friday after three decades -- a decision that has stoked controversy among environmentalists and ranchers.
Several people discuss the controversy surrounding the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list.
Old Faithful spews thousands of gallons of steaming water right on schedule, but Miguel isn't the least bit interested. He just lumbers by us searching for lunch.
It's two days before we leave for a trip out West and my husband can't find his hiking boots. And he's not worried in the least.
Yellowstone's geysers and vents may hold the keys to pharmaceutical and industrial breakthroughs. But should the park profit from it?
Because of global warming, whitebark pine trees are dying. And that is threatening the food supply of grizzly bears
Fifty people have drowned this year in accidents during trips down whitewater rivers in the United States, where state-by-state safety laws can be spotty.
Attacks on humans by alligators, bears, mountain lions and other predators are extremely rare, but some wildlife experts say they could become more common as people and animals encroach on each others' habitats.
'OUTER SPACE' -- (CNN) 'Now that would be a dateline to write home about. Or how about: "SEA OF TRANQUILITY" or "PLANUM MERIDIANI"? Those wouldn't be too shabby, either.
Americans will hit the road in record numbers starting in June. They'll go to Disney World, and Yellowstone Park. Stay at Ramadas and Red Roof Inns. But a few people will opt to seek out truly unusual lodgings.
For decades, the only thing anybody had to know about forest fires was that they were bad--and that Smokey the Bear wanted us to prevent them. Then naturalists began pointing out that the success o...
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