Scientists in the United States tend to avoid activism; many fear that wading into politics will undermine their work and compromise their independence. Others worry that engaging in protest or ...

Los científicos en los Estados Unidos tienden a evitar el activismo; muchos temen que meterse en la política subestime su trabajo y comprometa su independencia. A otros les preocupa que participar en ...

IN THE HOT SUMMER months in the Mountain West, from July into late summer, the hard winters pay off. You can almost forget that spring is short, and the growing season is over so quickly. You can ...

There’s a simplicity in mourning the world in this climate crisis; the evidence speaks for itself. Tap tap. The burden of grieving and loving our wounded world together, though, is more bearable.

Natalie Behring is a photojournalist in Victor, Idaho . Her reporting is focused on covering the rural American West.

Tourist-tossing season is officially underway at Yellowstone National Park, commencing with a resident bison versus a 47-year-old Cape Coral, Florida, man on May 4 in the Lake Village area of the park ...

This article appeared in the July 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “#IAMTHEWEST.” ...

The HCN staff has been out connecting with readers and making new friends around the region as spring melts into summer.

The article “ The true cost of wolves ” (May 2025) is a departure from HCN ’s quality journalism. No credible evidence supports the claim that wolves’ mere presence negatively impacts cattle.

Jack Herrera is a freelancer reporter with recent work in The New Yorker, Politico, and The New York Times. He reports on-the-ground, following stories on how policy decisions, especially those ...

As a housing crisis pummels the West, from Sun Valley, Idaho, to Tucson, Arizona, there’s a dull irony in the number of abandoned houses and old hotels. Some of them cluster around former mining ...

Utah used actors, AI, stagecraft and NDAs as it sought to sway public opinion and take control of 18.5 million acres of ...