The dispute highlights conflicts that have arisen as climate change has driven increasingly large and frequent wildfires in ...

Then came the next generation of disasters: the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa, Calif., in 2017 and the Camp fire in Paradise, ...

Environmental crime used to be treated as a niche concern, a worry for park rangers, customs officers and a handful of ...

Fire officials in San Ramon claim California’s State Parks department blocked efforts to clear extreme wildfire hazards, a ...

In 2025, Albuquerque experienced its hottest year on record, and at the end of December, more than 80% of the state was in ...

An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada on Monday buried a snowmobiler in snow and killed him, authorities said.

Ever wonder why the Pacific Ocean is called the Ring of Fire? Discover the powerful tectonic forces and 450+ volcanoes that ...

A book that compiles the recovery of ancestral recipes from the Americas, from Canada to the Amazon, maps strategies in the ...

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings has set out to make his Powder Mountain ski area an open-air art gallery. This summer, the ...

As Americans celebrate the nation's 250th birthday, underwater archaeologists race against time to save Lake Champlain's ...

The United States launched “powerful and deadly” strikes against groups it claims are affiliated with ISIL (ISIS) in Nigeria, ...

Some stories in 2025 managed to break through a blind spot and enter the national conversation on public lands. Well, not all, but it was still a year of consequential changes.