New research suggests there could be massive reserves of naturally occurring hydrogen gas hiding away in the mountain ranges ...

Mountains, which cover 33 million sq km of the Earth’s surface, are crucial for sustaining life on the planet. For instance, ...

California is a state of superlatives, from the manmade to the natural. It's got Venice Beach, one of the most filmed beaches in the world. It's home to the world's tallest tree in Redwood ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

I’m heading to the top of Mount Elbert, the tallest of all the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains, or Rockies for short, is a mountain range that stretches all the way from the USA into Canada.

The Sikhote-Alin mountain range contains one of the richest and most unusual temperate forests of the world. In this mixed zone between taiga and subtropics, southern species such as the tiger and ...

Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding ...

As glaciers melt faster, they also pose potentially lethal risks, like too much water behind dams, landslides and debris ...

Whether you're skiing, hiking or just traveling for the views, mountain vacations provide an air of excitement and adventure. Luckily, America has its fair share of striking peaks and rugged ...

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40 per ...