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 ...

After our relatively wet spring and early summer, blanketflowers (Gaillardia aristata) have burst into bloom in mountain meadows, where they attract legions of bees, butterflies, moths and spiders.

“Hopeless” is a word found in Todd Bauman’s vocabulary. The director of land and facilities at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, though, constantly challenges the definition. Take for example the task of ...

Approximately 60 species of sego lilies, also called mariposa lilies, are found in western North America and three are native to Colorado. Our natives are superficially similar, for each has a single, ...

The ancient volcanoes of the Old Cascades put on quite a show in July. The cluster of peaks near Tombstone Pass and Santiam Junction light up with wildflowers this time of year, with high alpine ...

Some high mountain meadows in the Pacific Northwest are declining rapidly due to climate change, a study suggests, as reduced snowpack, longer growing seasons and other factors allow trees to invade ...

It’s early June, and the wildflowers in Elk Meadow are just beginning to bloom. Many of the delicate yellow clusters of mountain parsley are still on the cusp of opening, only a few ready to show ...

Fields of wild flowers, and a festival to celebrate them, plus fantastic food … The mountains of Slovenia really are bursting with life Meadow flowers, mountain fishing, food from one of the best ...

When it’s peak wildflower season in the Columbia River Gorge, you can’t afford be picky about the weather. However the mid-spring bloom lines up with your schedule tends to dictate when you go – rain ...