A new study led by Prof. Xiao Wenjiao from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

An 84-year-old woman, Nancy Guthrie, mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, remains missing after her suspected abduction from her Tucson home. Investigators are treating ransom notes demanding ...

Layered mountain ridges stretch across the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan. Erosion lines shape the surface clearly. This view ...

The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

No one ever thought the birth of the Rocky Mountains was a simple process, but we now know it was far more complex than even geophysicists had assumed. New seismic analysis by University of Alberta ...

The move marks one of the most significant FCS-to-FBS transitions in recent history and comes amid major realignment shifts inside the Mountain West ...

The finding "may be the hidden answer to more tectonic mysteries than we’ve previously realized," said geologist Adam Smith.

When I described the satisfactions of my routine to Roshi Joan during one of our hikes, she smiled: “That’s the sacredness of ...

Out west, the Rocky Mountains play a major role in winter weather across North America. But do the Smokies do the same for East Tennessee?

U.S. Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science ...

The long-standing question of how the Green River cut through the Uinta Mountains has taken a step closer to resolution. New geological analysis suggests the answer lies not in the river alone, but ...

Lustenberger’s shared resume with Harrington, a multi-hyphenate mountain athlete, is similarly impressive. She helped ...