A team of researchers used radioisotope analysis to document erosion rates in the Andes Mountains of Argentina.

Non-native plants are spreading rapidly to higher altitudes along transport routes worldwide, a monitoring study shows.

Earth's crust on the island of Taiwan has displayed surprisingly rapid upward movement over the past half million years, a new study shows.

Earth's crust on the island of Taiwan has displayed surprisingly rapid upward movement over the past half million years, a new study shows.

One of the fundamental questions in biology, and a centuries-old academic debate, is: How do new species form? Birds in New Guinea offer answers.

If the planet continues to warm, low-to-no-snow winters will become a regular occurrence on certain mountains in the western US in 35 to 60 years.

Research indicates that "the Roof of the World" is higher than it once was. The cause is a tectonic plate collision between what's now India and China.

The success rate for climbers reaching the summit of Mount Everest has doubled in the past 30 years while the death rate has hovered unchanged at around 1%.

A leading hypothesis about Earth's long-term climate centers on Himalayan rock weathering. A new study calls it into question.

Mountains are a big part of why life on Earth is so richly varied, but why is that? New research digs into what's behind biodiversity mountains support.