Iceland is the Land of Fire and Ice, and never is this taken so literally. Nowhere else do such utter opposites get squeezed ...

Dan Grec spent two years driving on the Pan-American Highway. From kayaking among icebergs to roasting marshmallows on ...

This image captures the Brazos Cliffs near the town of Chama in northern New Mexico, a striking geological formation that ...

Mars hides a story carved by wind, fire, and impact. These photos reveal the scars of a planet shaped by violence.

Greenland's mountains greatly affect local climate patterns.

Cute and cuddly, the chinchilla is an adorable resident of the Andes Mountains, which it calls home. A member of the rodent family, the chinchilla derives its name from the Chincha people, an ...

Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of th ...

In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure ...

The town’s main street, Koloa Road, is lined with these historic structures, many dating back to the plantation era when sugar was king and Koloa made history as the site of Hawaii’s first successful ...

Virunga National Park is using renewable-powered Bitcoin mining to fund conservation, protect endangered mountain gorillas, and sustain operations after tourism revenue collapsed. By monetizing ...

REEs such as niobium, tantalum and ytterbium have been discovered in igneous rock layers – similar to the discovery (and ...

Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic ...