No one ever thought the birth of the Rocky Mountains was a simple process, but we now know it was far more complex than even ...

The finding "may be the hidden answer to more tectonic mysteries than we’ve previously realized," said geologist Adam Smith.

The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

Mountain ranges usually don't form in the middle of continents. Except for the Rocky Mountains. We'll go into the baffling ...

Mountains can take billions of years to form, but the Adirondack Mountains got ahead by recycling itself. Hosted by: Stefan ...

With Christina Lustenberger, Gee Pierrel, and Brette Harrington.

Across the globe, majestic mountains have been regarded as the habitats of gods, the places of revelations, and the routes to ...

Out west, the Rocky Mountains play a major role in winter weather across North America. But do the Smokies do the same for East Tennessee?

The Pamir Mountains, known as the "Roof of the World," form a vast, high-altitude system at the crossroads of Central and ...

The intimidatingly named Gates of Lodore marks the entrance to the 700-metre deep Canyon of Lodore that slices straight ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.