She died doing what she loved, and that’s very, very comforting,” said her sister, Nancy Penney. Over the years, Houghton became a familiar and friendly face for people in the national park while she ...

Niskayuna is seeking the most evocative photos of town trees in the wintertime in a photo contest run by the town tree ...

Snow monsters appear when droplets of water that fall below the freezing point hit the Abies sachalinensis trees and snow sticks to the icy spots. The buildup grows as it snows. According to 4-Ride, ...

“Starting in late fall, you can watch both the sunrise and sunset over ... There are a few reasons the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the country, but ...

However, multiple Great Smoky Mountains National Park roads remain closed due to snow and ice. Newfound Gap, a major road through the Smokies, reopened just before 9 a.m. Jan. 16, the park announced.

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains. Digitally stitching together 11,000 images, they created a complete map of ...

Out of control wildfires around Los Angeles and southern California have destroyed thousands of properties and forced more than 130,000 people to flee their homes. Destructive blazes have raged ...

Air Force’s losing streak to open Mountain West play hit five in a row as it fell 84-51 at the home of conference-favorite UNLV on Wednesday. Milahnie Perry led the Falcons with 12 points and ...

Parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park closed because of damage after Hurricane Helene, and remain closed, possibly keeping away some visitors. Preliminary data shows 12,055,376 visits to ...

behind his home and said he has “sleepless nights” fearing the tree could fall and kill him. He said: “I am worried about it falling down in one of these heavy storms – the trunk is two ...

Neighbours say the fall may have happened while the man was trying to throw his Christmas tree over the balcony. Images from outside of the apartment building on Monday show a heavy metal fence at ...

An 18-year-old snowboarder fell from the American Flyer chairlift at Copper Mountain in early January. The Summit Daily reported that the fall happened as the snowboarder was getting ready to ...