Several glaciologists now say the clump of ice clinging to the Sierra Nevada National Park in the Andes now is too small to be considered a glacier. While there is no global standard for the ...

New research by Winnie Kortemeier, professor of geosciences at Western Nevada College, places Tahoe in the pantheon of ...

The glaciers in Glacier National Park were shrinking ... toward the ridgeline of the Sierra Nevada. Two other once common mammals, a chipmunk and a wood rat, were almost extinct in the park.

A cold front that swept across the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe on Thursday brought a dusting of snow to mountaintops and ski ...

Carved from glaciers and 140 feet deep in some places, this nearly 170-acre lake sits against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 11 miles southwest of Mammoth Lakes off U.S ...

From striking rock formations to crystal blue waters, the United States' 63 national parks have a lot to offer. Here's your ...

“The Sierra Nevada red fox is a vanishing emblem of remote Sierra wilderness and a harbinger of climate change,” said Jeff Miller, a senior conservation advocate at the Center. “Endangered Species Act ...

ASX-listed Sierra Nevada Gold (SNX) has reported the passing of nonexecutive director David Ransom over the past weekend. Ransom, who joined the board in January 2024, was a highly respected ...

glaciers and biological diversity. Almost 95 percent of the park is designated wilderness. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitats blocks in the Sierra Nevada. Its geology is ...

With an elevation that ranges from 7,600 feet to 14,259 feet above sea level, Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the ...

It remains too early to say how the start of the ski season will play out in the Alps. But after a warm summer melted snow ...

Within the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, and the Sierra Nevadas, you'll find the vast majority of epic ski resorts in ...