When we talk about Yellowstone, we usually focus on what we can see—wolves, grizzlies, and massive elk herds moving across ...

Research assistants Chelsea Merriman, standing, and Adrian Rus place markers that can be seen from the air in a research plot of sagebrush. Three subspecies of sagebrush, grown from seeds from a ...

CARSON CITY — The future of the sage grouse — a vulnerable game bird facing numerous threats to its existence — soon will benefit from an unlikely source: Nevada prison inmates. Nevada Corrections ...

As Wyoming and Idaho researchers ponder unanswered questions about the world’s smallest lagomorph, the pygmy rabbit faces new ...

BOISE, Idaho — A new plan to save sagebrush habitats in Western states that support cattle ranching, recreation and 350 wildlife species — including imperiled sage grouse — is a paradigm shift in ...

Efforts to improve sage grouse habitat through conventional management practices may be ineffective—and even counterproductive—according to research by University of Wyoming and other scientists.

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...

Anyone who has spent much time in Nevada knows the state’s official flower is actually a shrub known as Artemisia tridentate—or sagebrush. The scruffy green-gray bush thrives just about everywhere in ...