In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

There are over 280 state parks in the Golden State—from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, these ...

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

Bednarski called it “leakage water from the mountain itself.” Mt. San Jacinto rises 10,834 feet above sea level, making it the second-highest peak in Southern California after 11,503-foot Mt.

Discover the breathtaking beauty of the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain, standing at an impressive 2,962 meters above sea level. Located in the Wetterstein Mountains of the Northern Limestone ...

This suggests the Jeffrey pine is California's highest tree—at least for the ... the bird carries fleshy Jeffrey pine seeds up the mountain from thousands of feet below, storing them in the ...