Federal forecasters say there is above-average potential for significant wildfires through the end of September across a vast swath of the Western U.S.

Researchers found massive depletion of the region's groundwater, adding more stress to the drought-stricken Colorado River.

The proposed railroad would transport crude oil from Utah through the Colorado Rockies to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The Supreme Court has ruled in the railway developers' favor.

Phragmites is an invasive grass threatening wetlands across the continent. Utah ecologists are mapping its spread to help land managers control its growth.

Utah state officials are anticipating an above average wildfire season this year.

27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is nearly the same amount the U.S. consumes in a year. But extracting it is another story.

Fire can be a destructive force, but an essential and natural driver of ecosystem functioning in the African savanna. It turns out the savanna both shapes and is shaped by fire. But such a process is difficult to untangle.

Utah hosts just 18 species of bats, however, Kruger National Park in South Africa boasts many more. It is unclear whether these bat-rich communities are somewhat randomly assembled or if they are dependent upon natural drivers. A recent study sheds some light on the topic.

Federal officials have new recommendations for how communities should prepare for such disasters potential fast-moving, destructive wildfires.

A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.