National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague ...

At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs ...

Entrance fees at Assateague Island National Seashore could soon be increasing, but only for some visitors. A new executive ...

Remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal could dump up to 5 inches of rain on Maryland. Flash flooding and rip currents are ...

There are no lifeguards on duty at national parks in Maryland. Local beachgoer Scott said the absence of lifeguards does not ...

About 50%-75% of drownings occur in open water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and ponds. Some estimates indicate that the ...

Check out this official guide to the 100th annual Chincoteague Pony Roundup, Swim and Auction, a historic celebration on the ...

northern Assateague Island (there are no campsites on the Virginia lands, otherwise known as the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge). After crossing the bridge from Route 611, ...

Over a few months, seven of the famous wild Chincoteague ponies, which have grazed on a Virginia barrier island for centuries, had to be euthanized because of a fungus-like disease. There is ...

There’s just something about the image of horses running along beaches, crashing gallantly through the surf, muscles rippling beneath windswept coats. It’s the stuff of Hollywood and the ...