When I stepped into a Sierra Nevada meadow over 25 years ago, I was struck by the diversity of life, the hub of biological activity — full of birds, frogs, fish and plants. As a wildlife ecologist, I ...

More than a hundred Arkansans were killed on Sept. 11, 1857, in what is known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.In early 1857, a wagon train left Northwest Arkansas and headed west, bound for ...

Netflix's "American Primeval" is inspired by the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The massacre is depicted in episode 1 and is the inciting incident for the main characters' journey. The ...

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar. The massacre took place on Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory.

Mountain Meadows. Courtesy: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Although Joseph Smith was no pacifist—he preached an aggressive self-defense against the Mormon Church's many ...

While most Americans connect Sept. 11 to the 2001 terrorist attacks, there are some still who also recall it was the day in 1857 when over 100 immigrants from Arkansas were killed moving west in what ...

At the time, it was believed a temperature increase could lead to longer, lusher grasses. But instead of flourishing, the grasses and wildflowers started to disappear, replaced by sage brush. The ...