Tina Deines

For many, Puerto Peñasco, a Mexican beach town just a few hours south of Tucson, is a popular spot to frolic in the ocean, get a tan and enjoy some authentic tacos for a weekend getaway. My trip last May didn’t go that way—I was scammed and robbed instead, with no way to contact my family.

In Mexico City’s trendy Roma neighborhood, Monstruo de Agua’s patio hums with young people chatting over smoked avocado ceviche, tempura mushrooms, and craft beers. Each beer at the microbrewery bears a label with an image of the quirky axolotl, complete with its crown of feather-like gills.

While a GIF of an ape engaging in “human” behavior may seem cute, the animals used to create such images were often subjected to abuse.

On a frigid December morning in a snow-speckled forest clearing in New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains, a chorus of children bundled in snowsuits, hats and gloves attempted their best impressions of a bear snoring. “I can snort like a pig!” one chimed in as the others giggled.

On a frigid December morning in a snow-speckled forest clearing in New Mexico’s Sandia Mountains, a chorus of children bundled in snowsuits, hats and gloves attempted their best impressions of a bear snoring. “I can snort like a pig!” one chimed in as the others giggled.

Waste facilities must dispose of methane gas by burning it off—but birds, particularly hawks and owls, are flying into the colorless flames.

A rise in the abandoned reptiles around the United States has raised concern among experts.

There’s lots of buzz over bees, and for good reason—they pollinate most of the food we eat, from cashews to onions and watermelon. Three quarters of the world’s flowering plants depend on pollinators, but bees don’t have to go it alone.

After a painstaking search for a suitable release site, the ape, named Freedom, became the first rescued gorilla to be returned to the wild in Cameroon.

Tap into your wild side at a sanctuary where howls are welcome.

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,...