Over his 40-year tenure at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab near Crested Butte, Colorado, biologist David Inouye has discovered that wildflower season has increased by 35 days since the 1970s. Credit ...

BOISE, Idaho — Wildflowers are in bloom all throughout Idaho’s mountain country, blanketing meadows and hillsides with a painter’s pallet of red, pink, purple, blue and yellow. There are several ...

One of the ultimate destinations to visit on a trip to Colorado is Crested Butte, situated on the western slope. And while it's one location that makes Colorado the best place for skiing in the U.S., ...

When summer rolls in and the cities begin to simmer under concrete heat, the mountains call. They whisper promises of cool ...

I can’t think of a prettier spring picture: bright yellow wildflowers set against a crisp blue sky, with a snow-capped Mount Hood in the distance and the rolling Columbia River just below. That's the ...

Cherokee >> The wildflower bloom atop Table Mountain is spectacular now, a bit ahead of what is normal. The top of the volcanic bluff north of Oroville is a riot of colors each spring, from purple ...

Colorado is a paradise for anyone who dreams of mountains, endless skies, and small towns that feel like stepping into a ...

Here's one big benefit of living in a city with deserts out the front door and 9,000-foot mountains nearby: a wildflower season that goes on for about seven months. This week - after a desert ...

A 39-year study of wildflower blooms in a Rocky Mountain meadow shows more than two-thirds of alpine flowers changed their blooming pattern in response to climate change. Half are beginning to bloom ...

The Columbia Basin Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society and Friends of Badger Mountain are teaming up to offer an amazing array of wildflower tours on Candy and Badger Mountain. Each of the ...