Purgatory Chasm in Sutton dates to a retreating glacier, some 15,000 years ago. The yield is a daunting collection of jumbled ...

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

Battered by Antarctic storms in the southern Andes at the very tip of Chile, I met my biggest mental outdoor challenge yet on ...

Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more ...

In this case, a special use permit will allow NCDOT to “use rock from Forest Service land and extract construction materials from the (Pigeon) river,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

Chinese scientists have discovered that fragile swamp forests in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region suddenly collapsed ...

Some city hotels are a place to crash after a long day of museum-hopping and restaurant reservations. These ones are so much ...

That night, as I settled into bed, I was certain the Gesar Lingdro had crowned my pilgrimage to Chumey. Ready to depart the ...

ASHEVILLE - The Shining Rock Wilderness Area is now open to the ... According to the U.S. Forest Service, the wilderness area is open, but crews are still cleaning trails affected by the ...

Home to rugged landscapes, isolated beaches, secluded coves, quaint rural towns and dense pine forest, there is much to discover on an Oregon coast road trip. Spanning 363 miles (584 kilometers), U.S.

There are around 1,000 speed humps on 162 neighborhood roads now in Nashville Traffic circles, flashing radar-feedback signs and jutting concrete curbs are other tools Nashville is using to slow ...