Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

The Wave may be one of the oldest and most familiar examples of land managers instituting a system to protect special places ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

Towering rock cliffs are wrapped in lush forest and punctuated by ... It is often called “Arizona’s Yosemite” due to the high ramparts rising above the canyon floor. The rhyolite cliffs were formed by ...

California has been hit with repeated storms that have dumped feet of snow in the mountains and created debris flows and rock slides on highways across the state. The Yosemite Valley recorded 7.38 ...

Construction crews working all night have made faster-than-expected progress clearing a major rockslide that closed one of ...

The slide came crashing down across both lanes of Highway 140, a scenic winding route along the Merced River between the town of Mariposa and Yosemite’s Arch Rock entrance. “The boulders that ...

"The engineers are worried more rocks could come down as they're working ... causing concern for people who want to travel to Yosemite. "It takes generally from Mariposa, about an hour to get ...

A main entrance to Yosemite Park in California is closed due ... closed on Tuesday due to a rock slide, according to the National Park Service (NPS). The SR-140 closure is located between Midpines ...

A gigantic rockslide on one of the main routes into Yosemite National Park has closed the road, and highway agencies have no idea when it will reopen. Tons of rock have landed across a portion of ...

Paper cup specialist Green Rock Group has helped set up of the Recyclable Food and Drink Packaging Alliance which focuses on ‘truly recyclable packaging’. The alliance of paper mills, board ...