A deer hunter at a far West Texas ranch thought he found a fossil. Here's what is happening to the new mammoth discovery.

A park supervisor and a local volunteer have introduced the world to the “woolly devil,” a plant species no other botanists ...

Drawn by people, dogs or, later, horses, travois were a mainstay of traditional Native American life in the West. Up through ...

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist ...

Hispanic and Native American wine producers cultivate vineyards at high altitude and on desert plains in this southwestern ...

A monstrous storm system tore across the U.S. in March 2025, igniting wildfires, spawning tornadoes, and blanketing Texas in ...

The first direct potable reuse plant in the world opened in 1968 in Namibia, southern Africa’s driest country. The New ...

The stark beauty of this region is a photographer’s delight, with opportunities to capture the unique flora and fauna of the ...

The taxonomist added that plants thriving in the desert are quite unique because they have evolved to withstand extreme weather conditions — but climate change still poses a threat to their ...

They still have a lot to learn about the plant. So far it's only been identified in three small sections in one area of the ...

EPWater is breaking ground on an advanced water purification facility. The new Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) aims to improve water recycling in the region. Various techniques of ...