Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

The beavers were released into their native historic habitats as part of a pilot program to study their impacts on fighting ...

California's snowpack has hit a 25-year milestone, reaching 96 percent of the historical average. The accumulation of snow in ...

Although Tuesday fell just short of a third year in a row above 100%, together the past three years represent most bountiful three-year period for the Sierra snowpack in 25 years. The last time there ...

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

California's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average. It's the third straight year the state has had ...

The Silver Fire, which sparked Sunday afternoon near Bishop, has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes and threatens important natural habitats.

The results for USA TODAY's 10Best Readers Choice Awards list of brewery tours is in and one brewery nestled at the foot of ...

The Sierra provides about one-third of California’s water supply. Winter storms in the Sierra Nevada this month have boosted the snowpack to 90% of the normal, a good sign for California’s ...

“It is the California way of life to expect that.” Throughout the state’s main mountain range, snowpack averaged from more than 250 sites ranged from above average to considerably below. In the ...

In a much-needed break after multiple years of severe droughts over the past two decades, California’s statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides nearly one-third of the state’s water ...