Scientists observed waterfalls forming simply through the movement of water downhill in a new laboratory study—a result that could complicate our understanding of Earth’s history. Waterfalls may be ...

The existence of waterfalls that formed without any external influence could change the current understanding of the planet's geology, researchers have stated. A team of scientists discovered a new ...

Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park, President Abraham Lincoln signed a document called the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864. This act protected Northern ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that it's possible for a river to spontaneously form a waterfall. The Seven Teacups is a waterfall on Dry Meadow Creek that flows into the Kern River ...

The Sierra Nevada dates back approximately 40 million years, according to a Stanford study. It took all those years for water to form marvelous canyons, and they offer some of the best hiking on the ...

You’ve probably seen some if not most of the waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge, but you probably don’t know where their names came from. Wahkeena? Latourell? Starvation Creek? The namesakes of ...