When you tell people that a town of fewer than 1,000 residents offers world-class ice climbing, epic hiking, legendary jeep ...

Deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where ancient redwoods create cathedral-like groves and time seems to move at a different ...

Arizona can be divided into three physiographic zones, each distinct and unique from the other. They are: the Colorado Plateau, the Arizona Transition Zone and the Basin and Range Province. The ...

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With vascular tissue, plant life really started to flourish. By about 360 million years ago, vast forests covered much of Earth. Giant ferns and treelike plants, some over 100 feet (30 meters) tall, ...