Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Seismologists studying earthquake patterns in California have uncovered extraordinary evidence of a rare geological process ...

But none were quite as formidable as the snowy granite mountain range rising east of Sacramento. Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many ...

high-elevation reaches of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Mountains. Born into one of three color phases (red, black or cross), they’re distinguishable from other native foxes by their ...

The mountain yellow-legged frog was once the most abundant amphibian in Southern California's Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges. Just decades ago, it was hard to walk around many of California's ...

But the earthquakes she found taking place near the central region of the mountain range were up to twice ... Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada’s peculiar rock footprint ...

But the earthquakes she found taking place near the central region of the mountain range were up to twice ... Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada’s peculiar rock footprint ...