At first glance, the hardscrabble terrain of Big Bend National Park, which hugs a bend in the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico, looks like a moonscape: desolate and slightly threatening.

Big Bend National Park in West Texas has become a favorite for over half a million visitors each year, showcasing stunning ...

Big Bend National Park includes the entire Chisos Mountain Range and a large swath of the Chihuahuan Desert. The national park sprawls over 801,100 acres in West Texas near Alpine.

“This means the Big Bend National Park reports nearly six deaths for every one million visits.” The most dangerous national park in the country, according to the study, is Organ Pipe Cactus ...

Big Bend National Park in Texas could soon expand by thousands of acres. Pictured is the mouth of Santa Elena Canyon in the park.(Dan Leeth / Special Contributor) Big Bend National Park in Texas ...