While the top culprits behind declining whitebark pines remain human-caused, there are other contributors at work too.

LA SAL, Utah — Tosh Black hiked down the trail with a smile on his face. He and his small hiking group had just seen one of the La Sal Mountains elusive creates – mountain goats. They tend to live ...

Wildland fires have been a part of the Rocky Mountain ecosystems for millions of years, resulting from lightning strikes, volcanic eruptions, and spontaneous combustion. The plants and animals evolved ...

These changes represent a major shift in the ecosystem, one that, on a wide scale, could reverberate through the food web.

GREEN ALDER DEFENDERS: Justin Tapia, left, and Giacomo Borso, right, document species on Roan Mountain. Photo by Borso If you’re hiking the Appalachian Trail on Roan Mountain near Carver’s Gap, you ...

Winter is here in Eagle County. Nights are long, temperatures are low, and the mountainous landscape is covered in snow. During these chilly months, how do plants and animals endure the harsh winter ...

In the longest-running field warming experiment of its kind, researchers have documented dramatic shifts in high-elevation mountain meadows, revealing that changes in climate alter not only the plants ...

With ominous orange-gray smoke clouds seething on the western horizon, it’s easy to understand how Colorado’s highest city and other mountain communities are directly threatened by global warming.

Banner image: A bumblebee (Bombus sp.) visiting the flowers of Rocky Mountain goldenrod (Solidago multiradiata). (Credit: Julian Resasco) The next time you go for a hike, take an extra moment to ...