About 340 million years ago, the Appalachian Mountains were as tall as the Himalayas and spanned across what is today three continents.

According to AirNow, an EPA and government-run website, the air quality is still good in central Virginia, but ...

Travelers worried about the effects of budget and staffing cuts at U.S. parks can find glorious parks to the north. Here are ...

How growing up in the "cone of uncertainty" changed my life - even when I thought I had left it behind. Until Hurricane ...

More to come this year. “The trade of forest botanicals has been going on for the past 300 years in the Appalachian Mountains,” said Katie Commender, director of the agroforestry program at a ...

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The Alberta Energy Regulator approved on Thursday a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Northback Holdings Corp.‘s project at Grassy Mountain was ...

An unresponsive jet that crashed after flying over Washington had dozens of unresolved maintenance issues, NTSB report says China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon ...