In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu — and bend the rules.

Farmers, tribes and environmental advocates in rural Oregon raise alarms about the empty promises of biofuels.

During a Feb. 14 speech before the Wyoming Legislature, U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R, heaped praise on the Trump ...

Copies of the original plan still exist, one of which sits in the Los Angeles Public Library, where it fell into the hands of the artist and video game designer Alice Bucknell. For Bucknell, the plan ...

Brent Davis thinks he grows the tastiest tomatoes. For four generations, his family has farmed and ranched near the eastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 45 minutes north of Salt Lake City. He ...

Workers describe projects on wildfire prevention, environmental restoration and trail repair halted by Trump administration terminations.

Fine art, downtown markets and natural aesthetics bloom at the Heard Museum as Phoenix’s cultural institution springs forward ...

This article appeared in the March 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West.” ...

Cindy Wehling leaves an unmatched legacy of art and design, writ large across hundreds of issues of High Country News.

She lured Tiptoe from his hutch with bell peppers, covered him with a blanket and, with the help of family members, hoisted all 175 pounds of the tortoise — which is a lot of tortoise — into the back ...

Male roadrunners’ colors become accentuated during mating season. In fact, in many bird species, males are the showiest, sporting iridescent, delectable colors, blooming tail feathers, and, in the ...

I always learn from Jonathan Thompson’s work in HCN. But in his recent “ The climate fight endures ,” (February 2025), I must call out one half-sentence about Idaho that rankles: “much of its power ...