The National Park Service also issued a list of expected changes to the Rocky Mountain landscape due to climate change. Rocky Mountain Changes Include: "Less water available in the summer for ...

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic landscapes and climate change ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is also integrally connected to the surrounding landscape and gateway communities along both its east and west entrances. With over 4.5 million visitors every year, Rocky ...

This dramatic landscape of towering mountains and alpine lakes encompasses more than 265,000 acres - 95% of which are designated wilderness. With this intentional focus on protecting this unique ...

Glaciers carved the landscape of Rocky Mountain National Park more than 12,000 years ago before their final retreat from the valleys, but their mark can still be seen today. Glaciers carved out 60 ...

Twenty years ago today, I watched TV coverage of a probe descending toward the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn, while outside my home in Utah snow dusted a rocky mountain outcrop I’d ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In Rocky Mountain National Park, 415 square miles of mountain terrain are protected—but not from effects of climate ...

Its two-hour horseback ride winds through the Rocky Mountain landscape and features incredible views of the Estes Valley, the Continental Divide and Longs Peak. You'll also head into the forest to ...

The best time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park is from June to September when the snow is (mostly) melted and the hiking trails and attractions are accessible. Still, these four months are ...

"You go there now and it's beautiful — it's a very dramatic landscape — but it's a little ... The trees revealed by the melting Rocky Mountain ice patch look "like trees that you would see ...