Studying the Sierra Nevada dust. So last year, scientists from UC Merced, supported by the National Science Foundation, examined Yosemite’s dust and confirmed their theory in a study published ...

Nicknamed "a small town with a big backyard," this California gem is characterized by its spectacular surroundings and up-and ...

Revelers attending Burning Man next week will help California dispose of trees killed by a bark beetle infestation in the Sierra Nevada. More than 100 ponderosa pines felled by Pacific Gas ...

A good bit of the work will fall to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, one of 10 conservancies within the state’s Natural Resources Agency.

The Sierra Nevada bighorn broke off from their desert bighorn cousins to form a distinct subspecies some 600,000 years ago, according to John Wehausen, who has been studying the Sierra sheep for ...

The giant sequoias of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California could owe their life to events happening on another continent. Researchers have discovered that dust settling in the region has come ...

Sierra Nevada broke its previous record of snowiest December set in 1970 with 179 inches of snow after they reported 193.7 inches so far with more snow coming.

The consecutive storms that have battered the Sierra Nevada have added up to huge gains in California’s snowpack and it appears researchers are finding more than just snow, they’re finding ...