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 ...

As tribes struggle to protect their heritage, the nation’s leading state archaeologist says she lacks the authority to stop development projects.

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

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

On the far edge of suburban Phoenix, a giant concrete arch spans the Central Arizona Project, dubbed a “Bridge to Nowhere” by developers and neighborhood activists alike. Nobody can use it; even ...

This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is reproduced here with permission. In the Permian Basin, now the most prolific oil field in the world, hundreds of miles of plastic ...