Snow cover in the mountains of Greece—an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during ...

Korrin Bishop is an outdoor travel expert who once lived near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She spent considerable time exploring the park and its many offerings. She offers tips for learning ...

The Rainbow Mountains of China within the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park are a geological wonder of the world. These famous Chinese mountains are known for their otherworldly colors that ...

The Drakensberg mountain range extends more than 600 miles across Southern Africa. It encompasses massive sandstone buttresses, grass-covered plateaus, and cathedral-like rock towers that have earned ...

Imagine a world where mountains grow so high, they poke through the upper atmosphere and create a rocky maze for pilots to navigate. Maybe that world exists somewhere in the far reaches of the ...

Mount Everest, of course, is the world's highest point—if you don't count Mauna Kea or Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo (details here). But Everest hasn't always been the planetary champ. The Himalayas ...

According to the research of Professor Mark van der Meijde, mountains influence the impact of earthquakes. It was already known that the topography of an area has an influence on earthquakes, but the ...

Glass House Mountains A series of spectacular volcanic plugs rising dramatically from the coastal plain. The remarkable Glass House Mountains are a series of steep-sided volcanic plugs which dominate ...

Hundreds of mountains have yet to be explored, finds Rachel Nuwer. Why are these peaks so difficult to scale? Since mountaineering became a popular sport in the 1850s, members of its community have ...