Federal land officials are considering whether to remove almost 2,000 wild horses from Wyoming’s Red Desert. They say the population has exceeded appropriate levels for the habitat, potentially leading to environmental harm.

Both in the United States and around the world, fire seasons in 2025 were relatively light. Yet the loss of lives and property hit historic highs, raising questions about whether acres burned is the best metric to assess devastation caused by wildfires, according to a recent analysis.

Conservation and historical groups sued as the Trump administration targeted hundreds of exhibits on climate change, civil rights and diverse communities.

Severe drought is shrinking the places many Western animals depend on for food, water and shelter, and the effects may be strongest for predators, according to new research.

People living near oil refineries can often see or smell signs of industrial pollution. Now, a new interactive map aims to help them better understand the potential health impacts associated with those facilities.

The Roadless Rule has been in place for decades. Lawmakers are divided.

States that use the Colorado River say they want to avoid litigation about its future, but are unable to agree on a plan to share water.

After a record-breaking month of visitors in May, the national park could see a historic summer of tourism. Twenty percent more tourists visited Yellowstone than in May of 2021, which kicked off the busiest year on record with more than 4.8 million visitors.

Boaters found 41-year-old Brandon Rhea of Denver floating in the water on the northwest shore of the lake.

Experts say risk is low, but fatal ungulate disease is a ‘new and emerging problem.’