as the United States dissolves into a larger planetary geography, where its epic pioneering past will be relevant only to the degree it helps America compete economically. The lower 48 made ...

The United States is home to some of the most breathtaking, yet least explored, remote locations. While many think of the Alaskan wilderness when imagining isolation, the lower 48 states also hold ...

Wyoming rightfully lives up to the distinction as home to the most remote place in the continental U.S. That’s the Thorofare ...

A polar vortex in February delivered the coldest temperatures in that month to the lower 48 states since 1989, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report released Monday.

Parts of all states in the lower 48 woke up to subfreezing temperatures Tuesday due to a weather pattern that will keep arctic air in place across the eastern half of the country at least until ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday.