Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly ...

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He knows ...

This Northern California gem boasts fewer crowds than the national parks of Southern California. Lassen Volcanic National ...

Sandy Santori remembers the dark cloud that covered Trail, B.C., beginning May 18, 1980. It filled the sky with a colourless gloom, as fine ash fell to the ground."It was just no sunshine. It was just ...

The study concludes that the amber was originally formed as resin in coastal forests. During massive tsunami events, entire ...

Santori's community of Trail was close to the concentrated plume of volcanic ash and smoke ... like a dust that turned to mud when it got wet. Geologist Britta Jensen surveyed about 400 people ...

Popular national parks brace for record-breaking visitation as peak summer travel approaches. But away from the spotlight, a ...

Opt outside on your next holiday. Here are five hikes that may inspire an active adventure. Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland ...

To pinpoint how climate change will play out, scientists are trying to solve a painstaking puzzle with clues etched in mollusks.

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The lodge looks like something out of a fairy tale, with manicured gardens and suites, overlooking New Zealand's longest ...