Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’ ...

As tourism season begins, trail crews are facing disruptions in key trail maintenance projects.

Mass federal layoffs the Trump administration has planned can move forward immediately, after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted ...

The time-honored tradition of humans looking to the natural world can help us survive difficult times.

Fire destroys and fire creates, according to firefighters-turned-authors River Selby and Kelly Ramsey, who fought wildland fire as hotshots and lived to come out on the other side, irrevocably changed ...

OARRA collects samples of dead animals’ lungs, brains, blubber and more, compiling a biological library of clues for researchers around the country. The data helps scientists learn more about what’s ...

The border wall, a centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s agenda, cuts through a rugged, unique ecosystem home to hundreds of native species, from jaguars and pumas to black bears and deer. These ...

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Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent at Vox, where he covers biodiversity loss and climate change.

The agency’s legacy isn’t perfect, but the region’s air and water are cleaner now than they once were.

Anna V. Smith is an associate editor of High Country News. She writes and edits stories on tribal sovereignty and environmental justice for the Indigenous Affairs desk from Oregon.