USGS scientists have recently observed low-density tephra produced in recent eruptions become short-lived “Tephra Devils,” ...
America Some of the most breathtaking spots on Earth are right in our own backyard, and you don’t even need a passport to ...
The boulders range from bowling ball size to much larger specimens. Waves crash in the background, adding sound and motion to ...
The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, ...
I don’t pretend to know much about, you know, geology, among other things, but common sense tells you that we didn’t get these mountains around us here in the Shenandoah Valley without there being ...
The rare superbloom that lit up Death Valley National Park in recent weeks is fading as an early-season heat wave bakes the Southwest. "Due to hot weather and high winds, many areas are now past peak, ...
If you were waiting to visit Death Valley when it gets hot, your time has arrived. Death Valley National Park reached the 100-degree mark at 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, said Julie Phillipson of the National ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s Front Range may be dry, but some other Western spots got a good soaking this winter — and that’s leading to a lot of wildflower blooms. Will there ...
California’s Death Valley has come to life. The national park’s current wildflower bloom is “the best since the 2016 ‘superbloom,’” which was itself the largest in 11 years, my colleague Cierra Morgan ...
The trigger? Record rainfall. This past autumn, 2.41 inches of rain fell across the valley, soaking dormant seeds and washing away their protective coatings. quiet’s steady showers gave those seeds ...