The best kept secret in Arizona is the impending mining catastrophe in the Patagonia Mountains. Mine supporters label Australia-based South 32’s Hermosa Mine as the largest economic development ...

See Patagonia from above with aerial views of the Andes mountains, vast glaciers, windswept steppes, forests, and rugged ...

“Wild places like the Patagonia Mountains are too biologically important to be sacrificed to mining,” said David Robinson, director of conservation advocacy at the Tucson Audubon Society. “The ...

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.— A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on conservation groups’ request for a preliminary injunction to stop two mineral exploration projects in ...

I never knew the horizon could be so vast, the sky so open, until I started doing research and conservation work in the ...

Humboldt Canyon in southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains is the epicenter of the proposed Sunnyside Exploration Drilling Project. Photo credit: Laiken Jordahl, Center for Biological Diversity.

A lawsuit filed by several conservation groups are urging the U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona, to halt two mineral exploration projects in the state's biologically diverse Patagonia Mountains.

Dietrich has alerted mountains climbers to the fact that 30 years from now the most famous peaks of Patagonia, like Mount Fitzroy, will be one meter (3.3 feet) higher.

The Southern Arizona Hermosa Project is located in the Patagonia Mountains within the Coronado National Forest. The mining project will be capable of producing both zinc and manganese, which are ...

No passport required; this breathtaking U.S. national park delivers all the drama of Patagonia in the Pacific Northwest.

Plan This Trip: Fitz Roy Expediciones guides climbing and trekking trips in Patagonia. Austrian climber David Lama was the youngest person to conquer an 8b+ route. He's also a junior world ...