Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new ...

In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

Looking to travel to Mount Rainier National Park but want to avoid the crowds? Try driving through this scenic road in ...

These so-called “no notice lahars” are the reason extra sensors are concentrated in drainage areas on the southwest slopes of Mount Rainier. Iezzi said in the Cascades, wind patterns would ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... That wasn’t the last battle over the mountain. There was also a bitter feud over the name.

TACOMA, Wash — Mount Rainier National Park is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year but the mountain has been important to people for many generations before it was called "Rainier." ...

14,410-foot-tall Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano and the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range, takes center stage at Mount Rainier National Park. The park encompasses five developed areas ...

The subterranean aquifer lurking in the mountains contains three times as much water as Lake Mead at full capacity.