If you're interested in taking a trip to the Rocky Mountains, it's important to understand what makes them so special in the first place. Read on to learn 10 mind-blowing facts about the Rocky ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the United States, often killing people within ...

Melting ice has revealed an ancient pine forest in the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The trees, which date back almost 6000 years, were found 600 feet (183 metres) above the current tree ...

I’m heading to the top of Mount Elbert, the tallest of all the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains, or Rockies for short, is a mountain range that stretches all the way from the USA into Canada.

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In Rocky Mountain National Park, 415 square miles of mountain terrain are protected—but not from effects of climate ...

A 5900-year-old whitebark pine forest has been discovered due to the melting of alpine ice in the Rocky mountains. Scientists found more than 30 trees approximately 3100 metres above sea level ...