During the most recent Ice Age, floods of an almost unimaginable size swept across northwestern North America, changing the face of the landscape, stoking one of the liveliest debates in the history of geology, and shaping the region's history and culture in surprising ways. In this first of three episodes, we'll explore western Montana, where the floods - and the study of them - began.
The dense rainforests of the Oregon Coast Range, Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and British Columbia's Vancouver Island are an ideal habitat for western red cedar....
In honor of the Texas Memorial Museum's 83rd birthday, and on a less uplifting note, to draw attention to the dire financial situation it's...
On the far eastern edge of the Northwest, conifers encounter the region's most extreme conditions: biting cold and deep snow on the high peaks,...
