After 20-year controversy and numerous court battles, the Trump administration declared grizzlies recovered despite public ...

Dangerous landslide-triggered tsunamis linked to receding glaciers — which are shrinking globally due to climate change — are ...

Among the many dramatic peaks of the West, few mountains stand out like Mount Shasta in the northernmost reaches of California. Shasta erupts from the landscape, a solo peak with no other mountains ...

The federal government is rewriting its rules governing ranching on public lands to increase the number of cattle, sheep and ...

This story is a partnership with Public Domain. IN MARCH 2025, NEWS TRICKLED OUT THROUGH INTERNET FORUMS that the Utah Legislature might double the price of non-resident hunting permits. This would ...

The largest tidal restoration project in the Sacramento Delta’s history awaits the return of the threatened Delta smelt.

Returning a rare orchid to the wild is a complex challenge, but if these scientists succeed, they’ll blaze a path for future reintroductions.

This story was reported as part of The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship and is republished here with permission. Este artículo también está disponible en español. In a sprawling building ...

It was established so biologists could collect data from bears in captivity to better understand and manage grizzlies in the wild.

This story was originally published by Biographic and is republished here by permission. A stocky brown-and-white shorebird scurried along the beach, pausing midstride to probe the mud for tiny pink ...

This winter’s snow cover is the lowest on record in the Western U.S. While that could cause a torrent of trouble come spring — more wildfires, less water for farms and fish — at the moment, there’s ...

Terry Badlands Wilderness Area, which was managed by the BLM under the Miles City Resource Management Plan. Credit: John Lambing/Alamy On the sagebrush plains of eastern Montana, cattle graze ...