Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits ...

If the lake were to completely dry up there would be a horror to behold. While at shrinking Lake Mead a few gangster cadavers ...

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to cruise ...

During the Bay Area’s damp winters, we can’t afford to be fair-weather hikers. Fortunately, some hikes in the Bay Area are ...

Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why—the dynamic landscape ...

The Seattle City Light utility company operates the dam. It is a key part of the Pend Oreille River hydroelectric system, which includes the Box Canyon Dam downstream. Together, the two dams generate ...

Discover the hidden natural wonders of Nevada beyond Las Vegas. Explore the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and vast deserts ...

A hunt for mountain lions along the Gila River in New Mexico led the hunter, Charles Elliott, and his guide on a chase ...

While tearing down a dam can cost millions of dollars, the price of keeping an obsolete barrier in place may be even steeper.

the planned dam site boasts the nickname "the Everest of rivers". It cascades through the world's deepest canyon, the Great Tsangpo Canyon, taking a precipitous plunge known as the Great Bend ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam is one of the world's largest ... In its most vertical section, the Great Tsangpo Canyon, the river descends in an abrupt turn known as the Great Bend before crossing ...

There are alot of great caves in the US but there is a hot debate over which one is better Mammoth Cave or Carlsbad Caverns.