"I didn’t know that it has to be dismantled." Yosemite National Park makes an unusual request for hiking visitors: 'I ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Attention, Yosemite visitors! If you see a giant pile of rocks stacked on top of one another - also called cairns - anywhere in the park, go on and knock them down.

Rangers at Yosemite National Park have asked hikers not to stack up rocks to create their own cairns, and to dismantle ones made by other park visitors. The National Park Service (NPS) posted the ...

(NEXSTAR) — You may have been on a hike in, say, one of America’s national parks and seen bountiful nature — tall sequoias, dazzling waterfalls, a breathtaking valley of flowers. And then you come ...

If you are an ardent traveller and adventure lover and have done hiking, visited parks reserves, and other remote-like destinations, you will have noticed piles of stones, placed in strategic places.

I've seen them, and I'm sure you have, too. Rocks are stacked and balanced in various formations on hiking trails, beaches, and in deserts. There's actually something artful about it. Unfortunately, ...