Seals Take Hearing Tests—and Offer Insight Into Arctic Drilling’s Impact on Marine Mammals
How will Shell’s Arctic drilling affect marine mammals in the Chukchi Sea?
Californians Are Coping With Water Shortages in Some Wacky and Smart (and Desperate) Ways
As summer heat compounds four years of drought, innovation has not yet run dry.
A New Breed of Ranchers Is Restoring the Landscape and Learning to Live With Predators
This Montana cattle ranch is trying to ensure its operations benefit wildlife—and yes, that means wolves, too.
Would a High-Tech Solution—3-D Rhino Horns—Curb Poaching or Put Wild Animals at Greater Risk?
To try and curb demand for black-market rhino horn, a bioengineering start-up is making 3-D substitutes.
Western States Prepare for an ‘Explosive’ Wildfire Season
While there’s no crystal ball for forecasting wildfire, experts have come to expect fiercer and more frequent blazes year after year.
From Fracking to Tainted Fish, How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Cripple the West
The Obama administration maintains that the proposed international trade agreement would be good for the American people and the economy, but there's a reason all negotiations have been shrouded in secrecy.
Drought? Climate Change? No Sweat for These Desert-Friendly Cattle
Cattle that came over with Columbus might be better bovines for the drought-plagued West.
Lord of the Tree Rings
Benjamin Cook looks at ancient trees to forecast future droughts. His latest findings are not good news for the West.
Do You Know Where Your Seafood Comes From?
Consumers are increasingly getting to know their local fish—and fishermen—through companies that cut out the middleman.