The decline isn’t just in Northern California: Across the West, porcupines are vanishing. Wildlife scientists are racing to ...

Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year ...

Science is essential to managing wildlife populations, but there are limits to what we know.

In early November, Texas-based New Era Energy & Digital announced plans to build a “hyperscale,” meaning massive, AI-processing data center complex in Lea County, New Mexico, the epicenter of the ...

After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.

Nicholas Crane Moore is a former attorney for the U.S. Department of the Interior. His writing explores the relationship between human endeavors and the natural world. Science is essential to managing ...

On Sept. 23, Emily Rees was planting thousands of seedlings of New Mexico vervain, a purple wildflower beloved by pollinators, on the plateau above the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos when she received a ...

BEN RUPERT (DUCK VALLEY SHOSONE-PAIUTE,WASHOE DESCENT) Treasurer of the Nevada Indian Territory Carson City, Nevada ...

Northern leopard frogs were found near the site of what would be one of state’s largest fossil fuel operations.

In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex. This story is a collaboration with ...

Fil Corbitt is a nonbinary podcaster whose podcast, The Wind, is made from a desk in the mountains outside Reno. Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut ...

Alejandra Rubio is a visual artist who works with photography and mix-media. A member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Alejandra grew up in Camp Verde, a rural river valley in northern Arizona, where she ...