The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and China. To that end, the Navy plans to increase training across the vast ...

Without honeybees, we would lose most commercial honey production, and many fruit, nut, and vegetable crops would see reduced ...

Though China is one of the world’s biggest polluters, it is also the largest supplier of green energy products. China ...

On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river ...

While wealthy coastal counties bear the brunt of landfalling storms, poor residents in inland counties are navigating an even ...

The Japanese government wants to turn its nuclear power stations back on - but some rural people don't want nuclear waste ...

Ruxandra Guidi for High Country News, originally published July 1, 2025 This past April, I attended one of the nation’s 1,400 ...

The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...

Mount Konocti looms on the horizon like a sleeping giant, its volcanic silhouette creating a dramatic backdrop for lake activities. This dormant volcano rises 4,300 feet above sea level, with hiking ...

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of ...

UC Berkeley political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats.

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...