Patrice Rey receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an ...

The planet huffed and puffed and blew away rock that could have formed mighty mountains, according to new research. Bedrock in Central Asia that would have formed mountains over the past 3 million ...

The Appalachian Mountains often called the Appalachian or the Eastern Highlands are a vast mountain range stretching across eastern North America. The Appalachian range runs from the Canadian province ...

Mountains, like rainforests, are hotbeds of biodiversity. But scientists aren't sure why. For years, they've thought that it might be related to the new environments that arise when mountains form -- ...

Mountainous regions are home to a breadth of biodiversity found in few other ecosystems on Earth, but where does it all come from? Scientists have traced back plant life in the mountains of China 30 ...