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A woman in a green hat is laying on the ground, which has green grass and yellow flowers. She is looking into a dirt hole and holds a blue bowl in her hand with dirt in it.

Ecologists help with burrowing owl ‘spring cleaning’ at Umatilla Chemical Depot

(Runtime 3:42) CORRECTION 4/10/25: An earlier version misstated how poisoning, trapping and shooting had affected burrowing owls numbers. The poisoning,…

"The Apache believe that Mount Graham is the dwelling place of mountain spirits and a source of supernatural power." — The Oak Flat Lauren Redniss/Random House

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'Oak Flat' Tells The Story Of An Apache Tribe Fighting To Save Its Land From Mining

Artist and writer Lauren Redniss mixes art, design, and rigorous research with a prose style that is at once assertive, journalistic and poetic to create a book like no other.

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Alaska Feels The Brunt As Investors Promise Retreat On Fossil Fuels

JPMorgan Chase is the latest investor to say it won't finance drilling in Alaska's Arctic. Some welcome the move, but there's also concern in a state that depends heavily on oil revenue.