Discover what the history of Mount Whitney is. Learn about its location, elevation and hiking facts. Learn where it is, how ...

A light, 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

New data reveals the states with the largest increase in obesity rates in the last decade; experts blame poor access to ...

The Western U.S. is experiencing what meteorologists refer to as a "snow drought," with only 379,000 acres covered by snow on ...

A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Arizona have quantified U.S. groundwater in unprecedented breadth ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

A high-resolution groundwater map shows how underground water varies across the U.S., with new insights for agriculture and ...

A high-resolution groundwater map shows how underground water varies across the U.S., with new insights for agriculture and ...

When most people think of North Carolina, winter wonderlands probably aren’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet high in ...

Lake Tahoe locals packed Lake Tahoe Community College’s Duke Theatre on Tuesday to hear how modern mountain weather ...

A winter storm will dump up to 12 inches of snow across a large portion of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. on ...