Though it's not quite as large as Crater Lake, this spot south of Mt. Hood offers stunning water views, nearby trails, and ...

Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a ...

In a small northwest Iowa town built atop a 74-million-year-old meteorite crater, even the drinking water carries remnants of ...

When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation advocates will once again try to convince lawmakers to pass a major funding bill that could provide nearly $30 million ...

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, a leading candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life, has a surface dotted with enigmatic features. Among them, a spider-like pattern in the Manannán Crater has ...

The Atlanta Hawks are trading guard Vit Krejci to the Portland Trail Blazers for Duop Reath and two future second-round picks ...

The strongest hints yet that Mars once hosted living microbes are no longer theoretical models or ambiguous chemistry. They ...

We like to think that the universe follows a strict set of logical rules, but every now and then, we stumble upon facts that ...

In 1961, geologists Norm Peterson and Ed Groh published the first paper on Hole in the Ground, describing its volcanic origin ...

Here are the candidates for The Oregonian/OregonLive's Oregon High School Team of the Week as nominated by coaches, fans and readers.

Forget the postcards for a minute. We all know Oregon is gorgeous, but I'm not talking about the classic, polite kind of gorgeous. I'm talking about the "did-I-just-wander-onto-a-movie-set" kind of ...

One of the main collateral damages of wars is the destruction of historical and artistic heritage. Despite the precautions ...