Wildfires across the West have renewed concerns over the fate of water quality in the aftermath. Fire retardants used to slow the spread of a blaze add to the worries.

An appeals court hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across the West.

A constitutional amendment on the November ballot asks who should choose how to manage the Centennial State's wildlife.

Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines. In this pocket of central Utah, energy and the ...

Sometime in late June or early July, in a part of western Wyoming informally called the Golden Triangle, sage grouse start to roam. Moms and chicks relocate from dry, harsh desert to higher, greener ...

ChatGPT and other chatbots are the latest new technology to lead to wilderness rescues.

The administration wants to open 3 million acres to mining claims and oil and gas leasing at the expense of the landscape.

The headwaters of the Klamath River are the ancestral territory of the Klamath Tribes, which include the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin, according to Tribal Chairman William Ray Jr. “(The water) comes ...

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I have felt the stings of killer bees. My first bee job was in Jordan, where the Holy Land race of European honeybee, Apis mellifera syriaca, is a Holy Terror. I ...

The Grand Canyon State is suing over Trump administration rules that would sharply reduce the amount of water Arizona receives from the river.

This common perennial blossom, beloved by hummingbirds and biologists, offers key insight on which plants might save themselves from climate stress.