The remains of an ancient forest have been discovered in a popular hiking area of the Rocky Mountains. Surrounded by backcountry hiking trails, the Beartooth plateau is a frozen tundra that sits at ...

While it is often said that mountains don’t move, in reality, the Colorado Rocky Mountains are the result of a slow dance that has been occurring beneath the earth’s surface for hundreds of millions ...

Looking to escape? Here are two recent trips local readers took to Egypt and Colorado. Check them out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com ...

Blister rust, an invasive fungus that followed western settlement of the Rocky Mountains, wiped out most of the whitebark stands in Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex nearly ...

Blister rust, an invasive fungus that followed western settlement of the Rocky Mountains, wiped out most of the whitebark stands in Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex nearly ...