Nevada's public lands are estimated to hold 1.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 1.2 billion cubic feet of undiscovered gas.

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

Mammoth Lakes, nestled in California's Eastern Sierra, is a haven of natural beauty, boasting rugged peaks and pristine lakes ...

Regional stakeholders now have a bird’s eye perspective on where wildlife move in the Tahoe Basin and related road barriers ...

The Sierra Nevada Natural Park is traversed by more than 700 km of channels dug into the earth, through which the water circulates, with a network of irrigation conduits whose splendor peaked ...

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook northern Nevada on December 9, 2024. It was the largest quake since May 15, 2020, when a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Monte Cristo Range.

Nevada's Area 51 was recently hit by a 2.8 magnitude earthquake in February. The USGS said the quake struck 32 miles southeast of Beatty that sits about 60 miles from the mysterious military facility.

The salt pans at Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the US. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto At 86 metres below sea level, Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America.

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

The Andes, a long mountain range in South America, is an example of another place where scientists speculate lithosphere foundering once occurred and could still be happening today, he added.