A mama bear and her intrepid cub could not resist the temptation Tuesday to climb aboard a playground apparatus and zip down its slides. “There was a little playground takeover this afternoon as ...

Thanks to static electricity, a simple trip down a plastic slide can fry a cochlear implant. But there might be a way to dampen the surge. By Randy Dotinga.

Playworld is recalling approximately 1,300 stainless steel playground slides due to an amputation hazard.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Trombi’s Tower at Destiny USA lets kids play the way kids have been playing for thousands of years, said Sebastian and Razvan Blidariu, the twin brothers behind the new ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Billy Beez and its maze of twisting slides, trampolines and climbing tubes opens today at Destiny USA.

This new Kimberly playground, which is entering its first summer, is loved by Westside Elementary students. Read why in this week's Slide Guide.

Plastic slides can get up to 200 degrees when exposed to sunlight and burn kids. Slide color doesn’t change the temperature that much, so be sure to test playground equipment.

For more than a decade, there's been efforts to create more inclusive playgrounds. There are about 1,100 such playgrounds across the country and a small Ohio town had now added another.

A Washington man has been busted for allegedly stealing a 400-pound slide from a local playground — and mounting it on a kid’s bunk bed in his mobile home, authorities said. Dustin Bushnell… ...

A group broke into a pool facility in Massachusetts on Sunday, stole chemicals and poured acid on three slides at a playground, officials said. Two children suffered burn-like injuries, the ...

A slide defect has caused two children to lose their fingers, resulting in 1,300 slides being recalled.