Addy Falgoust's job as an interpretive ranger in Yellowstone National Park has provided her many opportunities to exercise her photography skills.
Images produced by generative artificial intelligence — AI programs that create new material in response to a prompt — now often appear as realistic as actual photographs.
A video of a coyote howling from the roof of a new car at the Tucson Auto Mall has gone viral thanks to social media.
On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the law grapples with political uncertainty and unforeseen ecological challenges. Read our series here.
Guard dogs and range riders have protected people against bears for millennia. They may offer solutions for co-existing with grizzlies as the recovered trouble-maker of the West nears ESA delisting.
Getting Yellowstone National Park bison protected under the ESA might break "the stranglehold Montana has placed on recovering wild bison." But those aren't the only bison.
A century ago, we stocked non-native trout throughout national parks. Now native species like cutthroat trout must be transplanted in experimental habitats if they're to survive through this decade.
“The Endangered Species Act only protects that relatively small number of species that are right on the precipice of disappearing."
Would Arctic grayling in the Big Hole River benefit from federal protections afforded by being listed as an endangered or threatened species under the ESA? Some stakeholders don't think so.
Since it was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, the ESA has protected more than 2,000 animals and plants, becoming one of Earth’s most far-reaching laws.
Montana Untamed: Often called “the pit-bull of environmental statutes,” the ESA has given federal protection to nearly 2,000 animals and plants.
Stacker analyzed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data to determine the coldest cities in every U.S. state.
Montana Untamed: At play are simmering tensions between the State of Montana and the Park Service over managing the migratory bison that call Yellowstone National Park home.
As a result, the Park Service is recommending no more than 1,100 animals be removed from the population this season to ensure the herd size remains above 3,500.
Stacker used State Farm's animal collision study to rank all 50 states and Washington D.C. by the likelihood a driver there will hit an animal.
On Saturday morning, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun for more than 6.6 million people from Oregon to Texas.
Stacker compiled a list of the states with the most registered hunters using data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
It was a chance encounter with a northern pintail drake that made Chuck Black’s lifelong dream come true. That dream: to win the Federal Duck Stamp art contest and have his painting in the pocket of every waterfowl hunter in the country. Chuck’s interest in the Federal Duck Stamp started as …
In late September the Legislative Audit Division released a report investigating Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Enforcement Division. The audit documented a division riddled with morale problems and distrust in management. What’s more, the report found FWP’s Human Resources Division – wh…
A little over a month ago, the world watched in horror as fast-moving flames leveled the idyllic oceanside town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The fire had started just that day but winds from a distant hurricane swept the flames into a firestorm that killed more than 100 people,…
On September 1, the U.S. Interior Department announced that the last energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area had been relinquished. This piece of ground surrounded by the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness, was considered sacred to the Bl…
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Summer road trips are a great way to see more of the country and experience exciting adventures. As you start packing to hit the road, include a few first aid supplies to make sure an injury doesn’t derail your trip. Here are the top 10 essentials every car first aid kit should have during summer.
The National Parks System manages 63 national parks. Stacker analyzed NPS info to compile the history and features of each.
With the 2023 hurricane season set to begin on June 1, Stacker lists 30 ways to prepare for and recover from hurricanes.
Stacker cited data from the U.S. Drought Monitor to identify the states with the worst droughts.
Citing data from Global Forest Watch, Stacker ranked 10 states that have experienced the greatest loss of tree cover over the past decade.
Stacker referenced research from climate scientists, the National Parks Service, and U.S. Geological Survey to examine how climate change impacts America's national parks.
MoneyGeek analyzed FEMA National Risk Index data to determine the expected cost of property damage per year due to riverine flooding events.