The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Nevada harbors four endangered species, including the Amargosa pupfish, a tough little fish that has been around since the Pleistocene. The ...

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High Country News weekend security guard Aidyn Carabiner stumbled across passwords left on sticky notes underneath mousepads and now has access to HCN’s website. High Country News ’ weekly email ...

The spill is atop Florida Mesa, hundreds of feet above the Animas River. Detectors are now finding benzene seepage in ...

Disaffected Republicans and resurgent Democrats just took over the Montana Legislature and spent big on education and health care.

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