At night, visitors can enjoy exceptionally dark skies and excellent astronomy programs. Great Basin is home to some of the oldest living organisms in the world — bristlecone pines. These gnarled, ...

In terms of mammals, the park plays host to iconic creatures ranging from the bighorn sheep to the North American porcupine, while the intermountain bristlecone pine serves as Great Basin’s most ...

Lithium Americas Corp. has recently established the Great Basin Sagebrush Restoration Fund with the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation. The purpose of the Fund is to advance research and ...

In 1964, graduate student Donald Rusk Currey asked for permission to cut down a tree growing on Wheeler Peak in Nevada's Great Basin National Park. Though there are different accounts on the ...