As the federal land and wildlife agencies struggle to meet their responsibilities, volunteers and others are stepping up, not only to help endangered toads but also to maintain trail systems, host ...

The birds are already under threat. Urban development has shrunk their habitat, and invasive European starlings are usurping ...

The administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law.

American kestrels are found throughout the Americas, from Canada to Argentina’s southern tip. Come fall, kestrels from Canada ...

Whittekiend pointed out that — even before all the layoffs and resignations this spring — the Forest Service sometimes struggled to get through busy fire seasons. Firefighters have been called in from ...

The black-and-white images on the supermarket walls create a nostalgic environment for people seeking groceries in the heart of a food desert.

In late spring, the San Juan charged like a desert bighorn ram in the rut. It was strewn with cottonwood seeds: The puffy globs drifted on the khaki surface like a monsoon over a desert escarpment.

Data centers use energy to run their servers, and energy and water to cool the processors. Evaporative chillers that work in low humidity use less energy but more water, while refrigerated cooling ...

By painting their final meal before execution, an artist humanized people sentenced to capital punishment.

It felt like an obstacle course, choked with brush and small trees, ladder fuels that carried flames upwards, causing crown fires and incinerating the canopy. The ground, a crunchy layer of parched ...

A former firefighter makes the case for community paramedicine in the age of climate change.

A 2001 policy restricts road construction on Forest Service land. What happens to at-risk species if it’s removed?