SAGUAROS SYMBOLIZE the Sonoran Desert, appearing in classic Western movies and even children’s cartoons. A cactus can grow up to 78 feet high and live over 200 years. Saguaros take their time to ...

She co-founded a Whatcom County chapter of the Rainbow Coalition. Later, as part of the United Farm Workers of America, she led negotiations to win a union contract for farmworkers at the Chateau Ste.

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

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

The understudied mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems and may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate change.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Mia Axon Interim Director of Philanthropy* Location: Colorado Mia oversees all fundraising activities, and the talented and capable fundraising team, to support HCN’s independent journalism. Mia ...

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.

The majority of public land is too fire prone and far away from communities to even make sense for housing, research shows.

How the discovery of a long-lost monument shattered trust between a Japanese American community and the museum built to preserve its history.