The western U.S. is a geologists' dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn't make sense. Rivers normally flow ...

As the scale and severity of environmental issues become more obvious, lawmakers are experimenting with new ways to protect nature. One approach that has gone from blue-sky debate to meaningful ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that river responses to rainfall can reach rivers and appear as runoff much ...

On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ...

The Green River winds a surprisingly direct route through Utah’s Uinta Mountains. This river has carved a deep canyon straight through one of the mountains. This scenic setting has long puzzled ...

(CNN) — Thousands of years ago in the Himalayas, a river ate a smaller river and gave an unexpected boost to Everest’s height, scientists have discovered. Mount Everest, or Chomolungma (“Goddess ...

An estimated 196,986 river and stream miles are represented in the Western Mountain ecoregion in the National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA). In the Western Mountains ecoregion, biological ...

In the mountains of west-central Idaho, where woodlands and alpine lakes converge, sits a stunning sprawl of public land. Called Payette National Forest, it covers 2.3 million acres, almost twice the ...