Officials at Assateague Island National Seashore are stressing the importance of driver safety after a horse was struck and ...

The horse fatally struck by a vehicle Saturday was not involved in last week’s 100th annual Chincoteague Wild Pony Swim, ...

The National Park Service identified the man as 18-year-old Cresencio Lucas Chavez Velasquez of Parksley, Virginia.

A drowning death off an Assateague Island National Seashore beach last Thursday came less than two weeks after Maryland lawmakers implored the Trump administration to restore lifeguard services to the ...

A swimmer died at Assateague Island, weeks after state leaders called on the Trump administration to increase lifeguard staffing.

Every summer, tens of thousands flock to the shores of Chincoteague Island to see the wild ponies swimming across the Assateague Channel. “Everybody needs to see it at least once,” said Denise ...

National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague Island, empty lifeguard towers raise safety concerns.