Fat Marmot Week aims to raise awareness and funds for rodent research
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Last winter was tough for marmots living high in the Colorado mountains, where researchers…
Central US swelters under extreme heat warning with little overnight relief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dangerously hot weather will expand across much of the central United States this weekend and…
Interior Department narrows Endangered Species Act protections
PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species…
Wanted: The Teton Range’s few remaining mountain goats
Every now and then, a hiker, climber or biologist lays eyes on a mountain goat in the nooks…
SSA chief Bisignano says wait times are getting shorter
WASHINGTON (AP) — After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security…
Group recommends long-sought pronghorn path protections
From afar, conservation biologist Joel Berger has tracked Wyoming’s long-lasting attempt to designate a migration corridor used by…
Cherokee Nation puts culture at center of healthcare system built with opioid settlement funds
This story is published through the Global Indigenous Reporting Network at The Associated Press. Liese and Pfeifer are…
Elk Refuge disease discovery calls for talk of reducing nation’s largest herd
The discovery of chronic wasting disease on the National Elk Refuge adds urgency to a 2021 plan to…
Disease outbreak cuts Wyoming, Yellowstone wolf numbers
A flare up of a disease that’s especially lethal to wolf pups took a toll on Wyoming and…
Michigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities close
Eleanor Middlin was 15 when her family sent her to a Missouri boarding school, an 11-hour drive from…
Worst snow drought in decades grips much of Western US
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies,…
Indian Health Service to end use of mercury dental fillings
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has…