Tina Deines

Across the West, the Air Force has been contaminating community drinking water since it began using PFAS in firefighting foams in the 1960s.

The Midwest has been experiencing historic flooding since March, and while some wildlife is benefiting from the extra water, other animals are having a harder time getting by.

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application for an interim storage facility proposed by New Jersey-based Holtec International. The facility, which would be the first of its kind, would house high-level and low-level nuclear waste from reactors across the country near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

While traveling abroad, tourists may face wildlife crime and abuses on many fronts, including at restaurants and in local shops. Travelers don’t have to feel helpless, however.

Across the West, communities of color — four in five San Jose residents are Hispanic — suffer disproportionately from the output of polluting industries, and are more likely to live near Superfund sites and other places detrimental to their health. “It hurts,...

Prairie grasslands are considered North America’s most endangered ecosystem. Chris Helzer, The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Nebraska director of science, says they suffer from an image problem. And he’s out to fix that with, well, images.

From desert hoodoos to alpine forests, these wild spaces are as diverse as New Mexico itself. Here are four ways to get started amid the state’s wilderness.

Records going back to the mid-1800s show millions were hunted.

Once unrepresented groups are shaping one Southwestern wildlife refuge.

Molly Mendenhall of Four Moons Farm in Los Lunas happened upon farming. After dropping out of the University of New Mexico, where she had been studying evolutionary biology, she moved to a house in Bosque Farms where, “instead of paying rent, I was planting fruit trees for the owner,” she says.

From romantic amphibian embraces to deep-ocean dwellers that aptly demonstrate the phrase “two become one,” here’s a breakdown of the animal kingdom’s most clingy lovers in honor of Valentine's Day.

“The thing about chocolate is that there are a million things about chocolate,” laughs Troy Lowe, Chocolate Cartel’s chocolatier and general manager. That’s why, after 18 years of making the stuff, he still loves what he does.

You probably use it every day and don’t think once about gorillas. In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to get by without a mobile phone, but they’re wreaking havoc for these primates.

Predicting what will appeal to a dog’s taste buds isn’t an exact science, but, says Kathy Wendt of Tailwaggin Temptations dog treat company, “dogs are always our best testers.”

Bonobos, gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees face a fight for survival, and social media offers a new tool to help people connect with these endangered great apes.