Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change. Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fail...

May is National Wildfire Awareness Month, and here in Nevada, University of Nevada, Reno Extension, the Nevada Division of Forestry and their partners in the Fire Adapted Nevada Program are launching a new program to encourage residents to volunteer to be “ambassadors” to help their neighborhoods be prepared for the threat of wildfire. The goal of the Fire Adapted Nevada Neighborhood Ambassador Program…

Growing more shade trees on cocoa farms in West Africa could significantly reduce the global chocolate industry’s carbon emissions, according to a new study

The iconic old-growth forest at Emerald Bay State Park, located on the shores of Lake Tahoe, faces a critical conservation challenge. Home to giant ponderosa

Decades of putting out wildfires has made forests more flammable. Add lightning, human error and climate change — it’s a recipe for disaster

Wood roasted at high temperatures without oxygen can restore soil health and sequester carbon — and scientists and farmers in Nova Scotia are investigating how this could help growers in this province...

Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities as fire season approaches.

When 17-year-old Solomon Henderson fatally shot a fellow student and then took his own life at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, last month, he left behind a diary full of provocative poses...