On March 26, the Trump administration proposed to allow exploration for a massive new mine in the McDermitt Caldera in southeastern Oregon. Anticipated drilling, road building and other infrastructure ...

For about half the travelers who stop in, Fossil Butte National Monument is merely a rest area on a lonely stretch of U.S.

The name “mugwort” in the US is a signifier for “invasive,” but when grown purposefully, the aromatic section of the Artemisia genus has much to recommend it. Some species are native in regions of the ...

A man searches the patchwork of sagebrush and agricultural fields in south-central Washington for a bird that has struggled ...

The smaller cousin of the more common red fox is largely absent from the sagebrush-studded western half of the state — the ...

An environmental group instrumental in winning an endangered species listing for a struggling lizard species in the Permian ...

This analysis examines declining fragmentation impacts from oil and gas development in Wyoming over the last 20 years due to ...

A lawsuit over the fate of the dunes sagebrush lizard got a bit more complicated ... “Our history with this species goes back 20 years, 40 years since the FWS identified it as needing protection ...

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The Ocean Census project has identified 866 new marine species, many from the deep seas, less than two years since its launch. The project announced its findings on March 10, marking the first ...

Ocean Census, the world’s largest collaborative effort to accelerate the discovery of marine life, reveals 866 newly-found marine species A global collaborative effort led by the Nippon ...