There has been a huge push to plant native trees across the Andes in recent years. And it’s been a success. This is episode 23 of Stories of Resistance, in honor of Earth Day.

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Local legends among the Aymara people, who called the formation the “Devil’s Doorway,” warn that the gate is not to be entered lightly.

They defined Zhang’s childhood, even as the landscape fired her yearning to see the world. “When you looked out in front of you, it was mountains after mountains. And you didn’t know what wa ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

A flurry of seismic activity that caused 160 quakes in just two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile ...

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, ...

Mendoza is widely known as the heart of Argentina's wine industry, producing nearly 70% of the country’s wine and enjoying international prestige for its high-altitude Malbecs. But today, the province ...

Bypass the tourists and venture off the beaten track with any of these 12 countries, famed for their underrated charm and all ...

Pack your hiking boots and set off on an epic walking adventure this year along one of these memorable routes, writes Thom Breathnach ...

In the vast expanse of our solar system, far beyond the reaches of Earth, there lies a frozen world Pluto. But one of its moons ... showcasing something no one expected towering ice mountains, some as ...