Most people know Highway 17 as a winding, mountainous road that thousands of motorists use every weekend to travel from Silicon Valley to beaches in Santa Cruz. But one particular stretch is also a ...

High-altitude animals possess remarkable adaptations for survival in harsh mountain environments. Snow leopards, yaks, and mountain goats exhibit specialized features for extreme cold and thin air.

Stretching across 415 square miles of Colorado’s high country, Rocky Mountain National Park is one of America’s most spectacular wild spaces. Its peaks climb to over 14,000 feet, sheltering alpine ...

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder carries a warning for one of the Rocky Mountains' most iconic animals—the American pika (Ochotona princeps), a small and fuzzy creature that often ...

A first of its kind wildlife crossing in Northern California has been proposed over Highway 101 in San Benito County — the latest project in the state’s efforts to provide safe passage for mountain ...

High up in the mountains of Southeast Asia, humans are felling forests at an alarming clip for resources like palm oil and timber, jeopardizing the survival of many rare, endangered species that live ...