A mysterious pattern found on a rural Chinese mountain has reportedly kept scientists puzzled for a decade. The supposed formation, situated on Mengding Mountain in Sichuan Province, is thought by ...

Travel from the tropics to the poles, and you'll notice that the diversity of mammals declines with distance from the equator. Move from lowland to mountains, and you'll see diversity increase as the ...

Mountains aren't the static, unchanging giants they appear to be during a human lifetime. These massive formations are constantly shifting, growing, or shrinking at rates that vary dramatically across ...

Layered mountain ridges stretch across the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan. Erosion lines shape the surface clearly. This view hints at long geological processes. Killers without a cause: The rise in ...

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers reveal that mountain regions -- especially those in the tropics -- ...