In an uncommon move, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum intervened in a case that involved the former legal clients of Karen Budd ...

The gothic genre, known for its queer roots, is a useful framing in understanding how climate change is haunting us, even when it shows up in beautiful forms.

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 ...

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

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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 ...

To better understand the on-the-ground impacts, High Country News reporters and editors spoke with the leaders of intertribal coalitions, commissions and Native-run community organizations across the ...

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 ...