A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

At 282 feet below sea level, it is both the lowest and driest point in North America, and its record-setting temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit makes it the hottest place on Earth. The massive salt ...

Death Valley National Park has an ominous reputation ... Although it is among the smallest scorpions in North America, it is quite unique in that it glows under an ultraviolet light.

It’s not even April, and Death Valley already has hit the century mark. The famous national park in eastern California reported a temperature of 100 degrees on Tuesday afternoon as an early ...

“We are the driest place in North America, and we got a year’s worth of rain in 24 hours,” Death Valley park ranger Matthew Lamar said. California state Route 190, the main artery through ...

or Death Valley in California, which boasts the record for the hottest ever air temperature at 57˚C, the continent is varied in every sense of the word. North America is home to a vast array of ...

Death Valley, California, hit a US record of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.6C) in 1913. One hundred years later tourists are tracking to the desert to be there when a new record breaks. But not ...

Dick Powell was just starting his workday at the Wildrose Ranger Station in what was then Death Valley National Monument when the call ... they’d just apprehended the most wanted murderer in America.