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A U.S. representative calls for an investigation into the site that would house OpenAI.

An unusual pattern of springtime elk deaths for more than a decade in northern Nevada has scientists searching for answers. What they find could shed light on broader questions about wildlife health across the West.

States that share the Colorado River have been meeting behind closed doors. But as they’ve failed to forge a deal for the river’s future, more are questioning the negotiation process itself.

There is less water available now in the Colorado River and negotiators are working to figure out how to distribute that water.

From Spokane, Wash. to Pueblo County, Colo., fast-moving fires have again wreaked havoc in neighborhoods this summer. Now, a network of scientists, fire professionals and other experts have joined forces to seek research-based solutions to the problem.

Learning declines as students suffer mentally and physically in hot environments.

Mountain West texters are more likely to bring up self-harm in crisis conversations than Americans at large.

So-called process based restoration (PBR) has a number of ecological benefits. But it can make ecosystems more resilient to wildfires when they come, and better able to recover in their wake.

Giant sequoias only grow naturally in California today. But they once ranged as far east as Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada, before the climate turned drier and pushed them into their current, narrower range.

Museums have often been a place where colonial stereotypes are upheld, but a new generation of Indigenous professionals is working to change that.