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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Speeding cars have long been a problem on Assateague Island, advocates say, with few drivers heeding the 25-mph limit and the island’s resident wild horses suffering the consequences.

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 ...