Quick Take By the 1880s and 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison remained in the wild, a stark warning about unchecked exploitation.

Learn why Alabama chose the black bear as state mammal and how conservation is guiding this shy forest neighbor’s return.

Thailand's government has recognized five cat breeds as national symbols. It says the designation celebrates the cats' place in Thai culture and will also help preserve their genetic heritage. The ...

A comprehensive analysis of 383 U.S. cities reveals a striking pattern: most have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets near the urban core, that are shaped by race, wealth, and ...

The culture wars, not content with bending and blocking the words we read, apparently come for the typeface in which authors write those words, too. Three years ago, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of ...

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles is most remembered from the 1990s TV show “Northern Exposure,” though more recently, she was as a guest star on an episode of “Last of Us.” But this week, she says she ...

A wave of high-end residential burglaries across southeastern Wisconsin has prompted a coordinated law enforcement response and drawn political attention at both the local and national levels. The ...

A Border Patrol agent motions to migrants in 2023. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to ...

A Native American woman was reportedly nearly turned over to federal immigration authorities after a wrongful ICE detainer was issued by an Iowa jail. Leticia Jacobo, a 24-year-old member of the Salt ...