Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

August 2026 - 5 days Step into one of the most wildlife-rich landscapes in the continental U.S, the iconic Lamar Valley of ...

Welcome to Bear Lake Loop in Estes Park, Colorado, where Mother Nature clearly decided to show off just because she could.

Colorado residents, you’ve been holding out on the rest of us. This little half-mile loop might just be the highest return-on ...

A circuit of the lake makes for a decent hike, at 7km, but the going is easy and largely flat – bar one short scramble – so ...

Utah’s Mighty Five is its collection of five stunning national parks. Part of the Grand Staircase, Bryce Canyon National Park ...

Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, Geologists look ...

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, known as the Indian Plate, is slowly breaking apart. Recent scientific ...

A geologic enigma The Yukon Flats basin covers more than 10,000 square miles, bounded by the Brooks Range mountains to the north and the White ... of the state have experienced uplift, producing rocky ...

The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, has revealed the existence of nearly 100,000 submerged mountains, called seamounts ... These variations are caused by geological ...