The Sonoran Desert’s iconic species faces an uncertain future because of climate change and drought.

Elected officials and nonprofits groups are wondering why federal workers are being called back from furlough for nonemergency work that aids industry and hunters.

The government shutdown could have long-lasting environmental effects, as could several other actions taken by the administration over the holidays.

Two western states have launched new challenges to the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which helps protect some of the country’s most important public lands.

Candidates promising action on climate change and public lands won many victories, but several important ballot initiatives were defeated.

Experts fear oil and gas development could permanently damage millions of acres of ecologically and culturally important public lands.

In his new book, ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan chronicles the efforts of “plant midwives,” women who are working to restore edible plants and healing herbs.

Books coming out this month include a series of terrifying climate-change novellas and a look at the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge.

Two dams removed from Washington’s Elwha River were branded as salmon-restoration projects, but their watershed and scientific impacts are just as significant.

For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country, but its funding may be gone by the end of the month.