Tickets are now on sale for Walking Mountains Science Center’s Climb It for Climate Hike and Mountain Top Party on Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Vail Mountain. The second annual event promises a ...

AVON — Walking Mountains Science Center, with three operations between Vail and Avon, is offering summer programs for all ages, interests and abilities from its campus in Avon to its Nature Center in ...

Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured ...

BRECKENRIDGE — At the Quandary Peak trailhead, Von Campbell introduced himself to each hiker stepping onto the trail and ran through his usual list of questions. “Hey there, are you guys planning to ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Are you looking to learn more about the science surrounding the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? If so, you may want to check out the Smoky Signal Podcast. This podcast, ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also influence the evolution of species. In the study, "Direct effects of mountain ...

In the desolation of East Antarctica lies a mountain range like no other: phantom peaks buried from view beneath thousands of meters of ice. H.P. Lovecraft, the fantasy and horror writer, might well ...

In this week’s Sunday Science Tidbit we’re travelling up to the mountains of North Carolina to answer the question… why do the Blue Ridge Mountains look blue? I’ll give you a hint… it’s related to ...

The good ship Atlantis, an oceanographic research vessel, was back in Woods Hole, Mass, last week, after two months of seagoing mountaineering. Purpose of the voyage: to study the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ...

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