A $1.3 million house at 4,400 feet elevation in Waynesville had to prove it passed muster with the state ridge law before ...

A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier.

Mountain permafrost is warming and thawing worldwide due to climate change, with ground temperature being a key control of ...

After a magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier earlier this month, scientists believe a “connector fault” may ...

Mountains cover more than a quarter of the Earth’s land surface. They carry deep spiritual significance, regulate weather and ...

Location: San Juan, Wayne, Garfield, and Grand counties, Utah, United States Size: 337,598 acres (24th largest National Park) Established: September 12, ...

Longyearbyen, Norway, and Ushuaia, Argentina, offer travelers the opportunity to see unspoiled landscapes, rare wildlife, and vast glacial ice—along with a spirit of endurance and camaraderie.

Iran's folded rocks are rugged mountain ridges and valleys to the southwest of the Caspian Sea. They are an extension of the Greater Caucasus mountain belt, which also stretches along Russia's border ...

Mars has a new showpiece for planetary scientists, and it looks uncannily like a butterfly frozen mid-flight. A fresh set of ...

UPDATE DECEMBER 8: The driver of a car that crashed onto railway tracks at Blaxland, causing major disruptions to train services, had fallen asleep while driving, police said.

It was 25 years to the day on Saturday, November 29 that the Greater Blue Mountains was given UNESCO World Heritage listing, and many of the main players were at Govetts Leap for the party.

The Chicago area got socked with one of the worst winter storms it's seen in years, and snowfall totals piled up across the region. Most counties saw anywhere from 7-to-10 inches of snow, with the ...