June 29, 2021 NASA studies Louisiana delta system in effort to combat global climate change Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that emerged the year they were born.
June 22, 2021 California's Willow Fire only keeps growing as inland blaze shuts down Mt. Whitney trailhead California's Willow Fire has scorched nearly 3,000 acres since igniting last week and evacuations and concerns mounted Tuesday in and beyond Monterey County.
June 19, 2021 California's Willow Fire spreads to 2,000 acres as record drought, heat continue to grip state California's Willow Fire exploded overnight on Friday, jumping from 750 acres on Friday afternoon to 2,000 acres early Saturday morning.
May 15, 2021 Rare orange-eyed owl spotted for the first time in more than 125 years For the first time since its discovery more than 125 years ago, scientists have documented the Bornean subspecies of the Rajah Scops-Owl (Otus brookii brookii) in the montane forest of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu.
May 13, 2021 Arizona inmates battle raging wildfires Arizona inmates are working to help battle raging wildfires rapidly spreading across the state this week.
May 11, 2021 Raging wildfire evacuates Arizona communities A raging wildfire on Monday continued to push toward the town of Crown King south of the Prescott National Forest.
May 6, 2021 2021 Brood X cicadas: Here's where the insects are emerging A brood of trillions of periodical cicadas is poised to emerge in states across the country this month.
May 5, 2021 Trillions of cicadas about to emerge across US Within days, a couple weeks at most, the cicadas of Brood X (the X is the Roman numeral for 10) will emerge after 17 years underground.
April 30, 2021 National Park Service calls for volunteers to kill bison at Grand Canyon The National Park Service (NPS) is looking for volunteers to assist in killing bison on the North Rim of Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park.
April 28, 2021 New Mexico Three Rivers Fire grows rapidly overnight New Mexico's Three Rivers wildfire has almost doubled in size.