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Across the Western bumblebee's range, populations declined 57% from 1998 to 2020, according to a study published last month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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In 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey and several Western states formed the Corridor Mapping Team, a collaboration among state and federal wildlife biologists to map ungulate migrations. Last week, the team published its first volume of maps, which document more than 40 big-game migration routes in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
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The lab going up in Boise, Idaho, will be part of a new, larger U.S. Geological Survey building. And it would test environmental DNA, or eDNA, from around the nation. That is, instead of trying to find an invasive animal, like a single mussel or fish in a lake, scientists could just sample water to test for DNA of certain species.
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Earlier this month, the Trump administration released its budget proposal for next year. It included significant cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey, but...
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A warming climate is already causing river flows in the Southwest’s largest watershed to decline, according to a new study from federal scientists. And it…
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Every time thick, dark rain clouds move over the deserts that surround Las Vegas, there's an anticipatory buzz. Flora and fauna alike begin preparing for…
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A new federal program hopes to fill in knowledge gaps on how water moves through the headwaters of arguably the West’s most important drinking and…
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In the summer of 2002, water pumps in Colorado’s San Luis Valley stopped working.The center pivot sprinklers that coax shoots from the dry soil and turn…
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Standing on a platform above the eastern bank of the Missouri River at the Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services’ intake plant is like being on the deck…
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Colorado is one of several states at risk for earthquakes caused by human activity, according to a new map and analysis released by federal scientists.The…