In the third episode, we spend our time in “The Wild West,” a landscape populated by fearsome rattlesnakes, industrious woodpeckers, and the Great Plains, one of the most expansive and diverse ...

At first glance, landscapes like the Great Plains and the Rockies may seem unchanging ... The study "really demonstrates the importance of rock type in landscape evolution," says Schoenbohm.

The winds were expected to be strongest and the fire risk highest in an area extending from northern Texas across central ...