"This region has been handed a geological gift." Scientists make unexpected discovery beneath mountain range: 'We really are only beginning to understand it' first appeared on The Cool Down.

What’s more romantic than a getaway? Leave it all behind to catch a plane or hit the open road and throw caution to the wind.

Beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains, the crust is peeling away. This process, called lithospheric foundering, is nothing to worry about. In fact, it may be how the continents first formed.

continuing weeks of blazes in Southern California. The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of ...

Firefighters are battling to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly-moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles ... an evacuation warning was issued for Sherman ...

More than 50,000 people are under evacuation orders or warnings as another huge wildfire sweeps through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles. Dubbed The Hughes Fire, the blaze broke out on ...

Todos Santos is an artsy little town in the Baja California Sur region of Mexico that has long been a haven for nomads, surfers, travelers, and artists looking for an escape from the hustle and bustle ...

While studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range north of the California border ... size lake stored in the rocks at the top of the mountains, like a big water tower,” said Leif ...

CONCORD, N.C. --Wednesday afternoon, new ground was broken -- The No. 88 Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevrolet SS was unveiled. On Snapchat. Piece by piece, the paint scheme was revealed to followers of ...

Under the multi-part agreement, the Forest Service will transfer 3,855 acres to landowners in the Crazy Mountains and Gallatin Range. In exchange, 6,110 acres of private land will become public ...

Wildlife living at the interface of urban development already face many challenges, and now these fires have deprived them of critical resources, said Beth Pratt, California National Wildlife ...