The jet – an EA-18G Growler aircraft – was carrying two crew members when it went down during a routine training flight.

Sneider, a former park ranger, now combines her love of science and teaching in a northern Colorado school district.

Mount Rainier—Washington state's towering icon—has been found to be shorter than previously known. A local scientist and mountaineer has confirmed that the volcano's famous summit point has ...

"Our volcanoes chatter all the time," he said, adding that the nearby Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier often experience 10 to 20 earthquakes per month. "Some volcanoes, like St. Helens ...

The top of Mount Rainier is no longer the top of Mount Rainier. The frozen ice cap on top of Washington’s iconic mountain — ...

Mt. Rainier is shorter than we all thought … 10 feet shorter. New GPS measurements measure the new peak, a rocky patch along the Southwest rim, at 14,399.6 feet. Rainier’s old ice cap peak ...

“We’re just seeing these six earthquakes.” Volcanoes can have a wide variety of background activity, including earthquakes. Mount Rainier, for instance, might have a couple of small ...

Scientists have been left baffled by a record spike in earthquakes near Washington's Mount Adams that has been dormant for thousands of years. The volcano is deemed a 'high threat' due to its ...

RailCycle, as this conveyance is called, is the newest attraction offered by the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, which returned from hiatus in 2023 under new ownership. Tours ($38 per seat ...

Mount Adams, the long-dormant volcano in Southwest Washington ... is the second-tallest peak in Washington after Mount Rainier, it is probably the second most obscure, after Glacier Peak.