Separate blazes raged on mountains near both Franschhoek and Paarl, while several smaller fires smouldered, sending dense smoke over the area and obscuring the mountains which draw tourists to the ...

Olney State Forest is in the Watagan Mountains near the Central Coast. Numerous free picnic, camping areas and walking trails are available. Olney State Forest is in the Watagan Mountains near the ...

Carnival Paradise conducted the rescue south of Cabo San Antonio, Cuba on May 14, the company told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. The ship departed from Tampa, Florida, on May 12 for a ...

The snow-covered Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah. For decades, hydrologists believed most spring snowmelt rapidly enters rivers and streams. But a new study from the University of Utah ...

A 27-year-old woman who went missing more than two weeks ago during a blizzard in the California mountains was found ... at the Vermilion Valley Resort near Lake Edison in the Sierra Nevada ...

A 33-year-old hiker died and four others were rescued from a mountain range in Arizona during extreme heat on Sunday, authorities said. The hikers were trekking along the Superstition Mountains ...

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During a joint expedition to the mountains of western Cuba, researchers uncovered a rare complete bone from a bird that lived between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago. The humerus, pulled from a well ...