Hiking a 14er nearly always delivers a certain ecological transition. Though some have trailheads that start above treeline, most start lower, with a winding path through a forest. Then at a certain ...

We typically assume that climate change is an unmitigated disaster for everyone and everything. The plight of polar bears on receding ice caps is well known, as is that of coral reefs and certain ...

This could be the Pokémon franchise’s Guardians Of The Galaxy moment. Just as James Gunn’s oddball space opera gave the Marvel Cinematic Universe a shot of heartfelt world-expanding weirdness, ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — In the Columbia River Gorge, between Angel’s Rest and Viento State Park, you might just hear a faint squeak echoing from the rocks. That sound? It could be a pika — a small, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Above 8,000 feet in Colorado, pikas — a tiny, furry animal with large mouse-like ears — can be seen and heard on hiking and rock-climbing trails. “When I’m ...

Early one August morning, on a rocky slope high in Montana’s Gallatin Range, biologist Chris Ray crouched on a boulder with a tiny, sedated furball in her hands. Ray has long, wavy salt-and-pepper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then suddenly, there’s a shrill, impossibly high-pitched “eeep!” to break through the hush. The sound of a pika alerting its ...