A controversial land swap orchestrated by the mega rich could be ‘a harbinger of what’s to come’ for public lands under Trump ...

Over the course of his long life, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner bought vast stretches of land in Colorado Montana and Nebraska and managed them for conser ...

The western stretch of the Arkansas River is in trouble, compounded by uncertainty about what, exactly, is polluting & drying ...

In a grainy, undated video, a camera focuses on an elderly man with braided gray hair and a red headband festooned with ...

By then, experts speculated that the vaquita was disappearing fast — the most endangered marine mammal on Earth. IN 1997, there were an estimated 567 vaquitas, and scientists predicted they would be ...

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Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to use over a million gallons of water per day for A.I. and nuclear weapons research and production.

Lucy Benavidez Garwood was 13 years old when the Trinity atomic bomb test was detonated at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, 50 miles from her home in Tularosa, on July 16, 1945. A ...

The pipeline would eventually cross 234 miles of tribal land. The hearing initiating the project caught community members off guard.

The family-owned team behind Big Red’s Barn dreamed up this reservation-only immersive experience that lets you hang out with adorable capybaras while enjoying açai bowls and Brazilian-inspired ...