National Parks are full of beauty, abundant wildlife and ancient artifacts. 

Artifacts are important to archaeologists, who can use their findings to unlock more knowledge about the history of the place where they were found and the person who possessed them.

If you happen to come across an ancient artifact in a national park, remember to leave it be and follow the following steps outlined by the National Park Service. 

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If you see an artifact in a national park, leave it alone.

It's illegal to take artifacts from the national parks around the country. 

Laws protecting the artifacts on national park land have been created and enacted for many years. 

In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act and was the first in the country "to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands," according to the National Park Service. 

Later, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act was signed into law in 1979. 

The purpose of the act is "to secure, for the present and future benefit of the American people, the protection of archaeological resources and sites which are on public lands and Indian lands, and to foster increased cooperation and exchange of information between governmental authorities, the professional archaeological community, and private individuals having collections of archaeological resources and data which were obtained before October 31, 1979," per the National Park Service. 

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Consequences of breaking the law could include jail time or fines. 

Keep in mind that an artifact may expand beyond what typically comes to mind when you think of a relic.

An artifact includes any object that was made by a human being, according to National Geographic. This could be anything from jewelry, a shard of glass, coins, fragments of pottery and more. 

If you do find an artifact in your travels through one of America's picturesque national parks, snap a picture from a safe distance away. 

When you take your photo, make sure that there is some sort of landmark in the photo that signals where you are in the park. 

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Use the photo for reporting purposes only and refrain from posting it on social media, per the National Park Service's guidance.

If you don't have a phone on you to take a photo, you can also sketch your find. 

After you've taken a picture or a sketch of the artifact, locate a park ranger and notify them of what you saw and where you saw it. 

If you can't find a park ranger, you can also notify the national park of your finding through email. 

Email addresses for national parks can be found on each park's online contact page. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week issued an ominous warning against the U.S. and its NATO allies and said they risk being "at war" with Moscow if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range weapons to hit targets inside Russia.

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy has been pushing the U.S. and NATO for months to remove any and all restrictions they have on Kyiv’s use of Western-supplied long-range weapons and permit it to hit military targets deep in Russia. 

But Putin on Thursday drew a red line and said, "This will mean that NATO countries, the U.S. and European countries are at war with Russia." 

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"And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us," he added, according to a translation posted by NBC News. 

The comments were issued one day ahead of talks at the White House where President Biden will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss lifting the current strike bans on Friday.

Putin did not lay out what actions Russia would take against the West should Washington and London lift their strike restrictions, but the Kremlin chief has long relied on escalated rhetoric in his war strategy to deter Western aid for Ukraine. 

Since the onslaught of the war, Putin has warned NATO against supplying Kyiv with lethal aid, and at nearly every step of the way he has warned the war could spread beyond Ukraine’s borders – a strategy that one expert says has achieved its intended effect on Washington. 

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"Putin's war in Ukraine has been a massive failure – hundreds of thousands of casualties, a brain drain, a million Russians have fled, Sweden and Finland are now NATO members, the list goes on," former CIA Moscow station chief Dan Hoffman told Fox News Digital. "The only thing he succeeded at is rhetorical nuclear brinkmanship and other threats, trying to induce the Biden administration not to give Ukraine what they need, when they need it, to defend themselves."

Hoffman said Putin’s remarks were likely tailored to President Biden and his administration, which has repeatedly been slow to send Ukraine sorely needed defense equipment like tanks, F-16s and long-range ATACMS missiles before then reversing course and eventually agreeing to send the top weaponry.

"He makes these threats because he knows they work," Hoffman argued. "We shouldn't be micromanaging how [Ukrainians] conduct their war. 

"Just give them the weapons. They have every lawful right to defend themselves," he added. 

Defense officials on both sides of the aisle have argued it behooves the U.S. and NATO to arm Kyiv in its war against Russia, as many believe Putin will not stop with his deadly ambitions in Europe if he gains a win in Ukraine. 

It remains to be seen whether Putin will actually escalate the war beyond Russia and Ukraine’s borders, should Biden and Starmer agree on Friday to lift strike bans. 

Russian officials have been drawing "red lines" since 2022, along with issuing warnings that the U.S. would become "a party to the conflict" by providing Ukraine with defensive aid. 

Starmer responded to Putin’s apparent threat while aboard his flight to D.C. on Thursday and told a reporter for The Guardian, "Russia started this conflict. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Russia can end this conflict straight away. Ukraine has the right to self-defense."