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The mountain lion photo that helped change Los Angeles

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Sep 2026

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Mongabay 23 Sep 2026
Olive ridley turtle.

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

Associated Press 23 Sep 2026
Looking out at "Mussel Rock" from the road. This area of Northern California is the ancestral terrioty of the Cosatal Yuki people. Image courtesy of Kai Pomo.

California Tribes receive beach and ancestral village site back from transportation authority

Liz Kimbrough 22 Sep 2026

Critics question oil and gas spending in Mexico’s proposed climate budget

Maxwell Radwin 22 Sep 2026

Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?

Associated Press 22 Sep 2026

‘Don’t shoot. Listen’: The AI-aided quest to understand Yellowstone’s wolves

Justin Catanoso 16 Sep 2026
Image: Elephant puppet created by Greg Corbino created for Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals by Stephanie Ann Boyd. Photo courtesy of Ocean Music Action.

‘Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals’ celebrates species with song

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2026

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

Associated Press 14 Sep 2026

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

Associated Press 11 Sep 2026

Court rules residents of a US city don’t have a constitutional right to lead-free water

Bobby Bascomb 10 Sep 2026

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

Associated Press 9 Sep 2026
Donald Trump Jr. poses for photos following a morning of pheasant hunting at Hole in the Wall Lodge near Akron, Iowa, Saturday, October 27, 2017. Image by Jim Lee ©Sioux City Journal.

Vantara works with lobbyist tied to Trump Jr. and pro-hunting groups

Spoorthy Raman 9 Sep 2026

Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026

Repeal of US Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026
A woman lifts a jug she filled with water from a tanker truck amid rationing caused by drought, in the Cupey sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought

Naina Rao 1 Sep 2026
A remotely operated vehicle explores brine pool formations in the Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico. Image courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust/Nautilus Live.

Gulf of Mexico’s unique Orca Basin shouldn’t become a carbon dump (commentary)

Craig R. McClain 31 Aug 2026

Coastal Texas and Louisiana warned of tropical storm as a potential hurricane moves toward Hawaii

Associated Press 31 Aug 2026

US environmental groups plan to sue to relist gray whales under Endangered Species Act

David Brown 27 Aug 2026

US proposes rescinding Roadless Rule protections for national forests

Bobby Bascomb 25 Aug 2026

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

Associated Press 21 Aug 2026

Criminal probe clears Sloth World of criminal neglect in deaths of 57 animals

Bobby Bascomb 20 Aug 2026
Young male puma crosses a public road. The presence of pumas — aka cougars, mountain lions, etc. — push deer away from roads into less populated areas, reducing road collisions. Image by Nick Garbutt.

Cougars cut deadly vehicle-deer collisions in the US by up to 76%, study shows

Starre Vartan 19 Aug 2026

Texas activist’s claims of Indigenous ancestry face scrutiny

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2026

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Associated Press 17 Aug 2026
Jackie and Shadow caring for their egg in their nest in the Big Bear Valley in 2019

Big Bear Valley’s beloved bald eagle Jackie is dead

Spoorthy Raman 13 Aug 2026
A group of cow elk traverses an active mine site as they move between forest patches. Image courtesy of Brittany L. Slabach.

Wildlife in the eastern US are making a comeback

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Aug 2026
One of the six belugas being transferred from Marineland in Canada to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

As Canada’s captive belugas arrive in the US, questions linger about their future

Spoorthy Raman 7 Aug 2026
Unowned, free-roaming cats in New York City. Trap-neuter-return programs can help sterilize and manage feral and stray populations in the city.

Some free-roaming cats in New York City are parasite ‘super-shedders,’ study shows

Alex Megerle 6 Aug 2026
David Page wrote about the mountains and worked to protect them

David Page wrote about the mountains and worked to protect them

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Aug 2026

US declines to protect endangered monkeys used in medical research

Bobby Bascomb 31 Jul 2026
Dave Johnson. Photo from the Global Owl Project

David Johnson, the owl man of Umatilla

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2026

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