After 40 years of service and 80 years on Earth, Andy Wiessner — wilderness warrior, land wheeler-dealer and longtime friend to High Country News — is stepping off our board of directors.

Despite the geologic and paleontological significance of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, federal government management is hindering its full research potential.

THAT AUTUMN, A RESEARCH VESSEL called the Glomar Challenger sailed over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to drill holes and sample sediment. Fossils within the sediment samples they retrieved gave scientists a ...

Indigenous scholar Dina Gilio-Whitaker wants Natives to approach a difficult topic rationally, vulnerably and honestly.

In comparison, he writes, the 300,000 years since Homo sapiens evolved is so brief that “in a single stroke with a medium-grained nail file you could eradicate human history.” In this special issue on ...

After Cascades frogs vanished from Lassen Volcanic National Park 18years ago, scientists are reintroducing them to the park.

Anton Sorokin is a California-based biologist, photographer and writer who frequently covers wildlife, particularly overlooked species. With careful site selection and antifungal baths, scientists are ...

Residents and communities begin the years-long recovery process after a series of back-to-back atmospheric rivers hammered ...

A writer recounts an intimate story of feeling the energy and love of her mother, who passed away more than 20 years ago, reverberate through her life even today.

In southwest Washington, urban sprawl from Portland and Seattle-Tacoma merges in Cowlitz country. This is where Jon Shellenberger (enrolled Yakama, Cowlitz and Wintu descent) is trying to protect the ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is republished here through a partnership with Climate Desk. The 31 national monuments designated since the Clinton administration, which ...

California’s first governor, Peter Hardeman Burnett, swore that the racist campaign he championed would not end “until the Indian race becomes extinct.” His two years in office brought malnutrition, ...