These natural titans were forged by millennia of geological upheaval, but while there are some really old mountains scattered ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

See how filmmakers captured the death-defying mountain descent of spectacled bears on The Making of The Americas.

Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes ...

In the Triassic era, North America was part of Pangea, a supercontinent whose massive scale sparked extreme monsoons that ...

As we all know, "American Idol" has its contestants put their own spin on covers of famous songs. But this week, the standout auditions were arrangements we'd never heard before. The lack of a ...

This card features rich benefits for foodies, including lucrative rewards at restaurants and U.S. supermarkets, plus various dining credits that can help offset its admittedly pricey annual fee ...

Bill Stampfl vanished climbing Peru's highest mountain 22 years ago. This is the story of the hiker who found him and brought ...

A winter storm warning has been issued for the Cascade Mountains in Whatcom, Skagit, Pierce and Lewis counties of Washington state, starting at 5 p.m. Monday, April 7, and ending at 5 p.m. Tuesday ...

Federal land managers have canceled their proposal to withdraw about 264,000 acres of public land in Nevada’s Ruby Mountain from ... order titled “Unleashing American Energy,” and calling ...

Once early settlers navigated the rough Appalachian Mountains, they found vast stretches of undeveloped ... and livestock before thinking about growing crops. That’s today’s American Agriculture ...

The U.S. Forest Service said the decision to allow oil and gas leasing to continue in Elko County’s Ruby Mountains was brought on by a presidential executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy,” ...