Highlands’ lift fleet has changed little since a push for upgrades in the ’90s. SkiCo wants to “be in business forever” and can’t do that on essence alone.

Perched at 10,900 feet along Colorado's Independence Pass, the ruins of Independence Ghost Town sit quietly above the treeline, where the Roaring Fork Valley drops away, and the sky feels close enough ...

Thousands of giant sequoia seedlings sprouted after a fire swept a grove in the Sierra in 2021. Will they replace the ...

Learn more about why the story of how wolves saved Yellowstone National Park’s aspens is more complicated — and more instructional — than it appears.

A biologist in Wisconsin spotted a rare, endangered animal leaping in the branches of a tree above his head. The animal, an American marten, chirped and squealed as it flung about the tree.

American martens, a member of the mustelid family, are rare and have been declared endangered in Wisconsin and Vermont. Meanwhile, Minnesota calls the “full recovery of the population” within its ...

Dr. Lindsay Branham, an environmental psychologist, scholar, author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Aspen Times columnist, originally didn't know that when you talk to trees, they could talk back.

Near Crested Butte, Irwin’s remote terrain turns catskiing into a day of untouched powder, high-altitude nerves and ...

The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests invite public input on ongoing and planned vegetation management projects under the Spruce Beetle Epidemic and Aspen Decline Management Respo ...

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when a massive tree crashed down onto a pickup truck on Solomons Island Road (Route 2) near Aspen Woods Drive in Sunderland, Calvert County. First responders ...

At a deep fold in the Copper Coast, that 25km ancient stretch of the Waterford coastline between Tramore and Dungarvan formed 460 million years ago, the land yields to the sea, forming a sheltered ...

When you admire a towering oak or a vibrant maple in your backyard, you're only seeing half the picture. Beneath the surface lies a sprawling, intricate world that is arguably more fascinating than ...