1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1089+ words) San Bernardino County has the strongest numerical case on this list. Its official Community Indicators program places 77% of the county in the North Desert Region and 17% in the East Desert Region. That leaves only a small share outside those two…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (570+ words) WorldAtlas Black bears are remarkably adaptable animals, but they remain closely tied to forests above all else. Thick cover gives them places to rest and raise cubs, while berries, nuts, insects, and wildlife found throughout the wooded landscape keep them…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (820+ words) WorldAtlas Stand in almost any patch of woods east of the Mississippi River, and there is a good chance the oldest tree around is not much older than a great-grandparent. That is not because American forests are dying, but because…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (772+ words) WorldAtlas The Largest Wetland In The United States Ask most people to name the largest wetland in the United States and they will confidently say the Everglades. And they would be right, as long as you agree to pretend Alaska…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (618+ words) WorldAtlas America used to be full of great swamps. Then, over a couple of centuries, we drained most of them, filling in the muck for farms, cities, and highways until the country's wetlands were cut roughly in half. The word…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1142+ words) WorldAtlas The native fish of the American West have taken a brutal beating. A century of dams, water diversions, drought, and introduced species pushed dozens of them toward oblivion, and the region's trout, chub, and salmon are among the most…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (768+ words) WorldAtlas The big, bad wolf has an intimidating reputation, but by and large, North American grey wolves aren't aggressive to humans. That said, wolves in the United States have faced significant threats to their populations, including habitat loss and humans…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (616+ words) WorldAtlas Few animals say "American West" quite like a bull elk bugling across a frosty mountain meadow. Around a million of them roam North America today, and the vast majority live on public land, with national forests serving as their…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (828+ words) WorldAtlas In southeast Alaska, researchers worked out which way storms blew four centuries ago. They did it by noting which way the fallen trunks pointed. A forest that leans one way is a record, and what it records changes every…...