Thanks to environmental groups’ efforts to protect and restore habitat in the Carrizo Plain, native species such as the giant kangaroo rat are recovering from near-extinction.

When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation advocates will once again try to convince lawmakers to pass a major funding bill that could provide nearly $30 million ...

Ansel Adams took one of his most famous nature photos while documenting the American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were imprisoned at Manzanar during World War II. Our country is both the darkness ...

Like nonprofits and news organizations across the country, however, HCN is not immune to the forces at work in the world today. Rising staff costs and a challenging economic climate forced us to say ...

As good as all the issues are, January 2026 was one of the best. In a time of impermanence in our national values and principles, it’s refreshing to read such good articles about things — rocks, in ...

This illustrated geologic timescale of Earth focuses on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the West, drilling into the region’s deep history.

The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights.

The film adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams, reflects the beauty, and heartache, of working in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

As the data center buildup outpaces the energy transition, modern technology is ever more dependent on oil, gas and coal deposits that took millions of years to form.

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history is still visible and ...