It's where black lava rock stretches for miles, broken only by the flowers that bloom in the cracks. This is a place so unique, it could pass for another celestial body. Except it's not the stuff of ...

Lava channels that crusted over became lava tubes, effectively transporting lava significant distances downhill until the lava supply waned, whereupon the tubes were mostly emptied, forming enticing ...

Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial. While southern Idaho’s vast Snake River Plain is lauded and renowned ...

After the U.S. Project Apollo, many countries have been continuously augmenting the exploration of the lunar surface and structure, such as the U.S. Clementine probe, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO ...

ARCO, Idaho – Craters of the Moon National Monument is a weird place. President Calvin Coolidge even said so in his May 2, 1924, proclamation, which described the otherworldly landscape: “this area ...

In Idaho's scenic Butte County, between the state capital Boise and the gateway to Yellowstone, Idaho Falls, is the tiny city of Arco, with a population of around 900. Yet despite its size, Arco ...