A map of beaver dams in the state shows an uneven distribution of the species, which is associated with improved watershed ...

A lot of folks know New Mexico for green chiles, the largest hot air balloon festival in the world, and the birthplace of the bomb. But it's also a global center of flamenco—the passionate dance, song ...

Thirty federally recognized tribes lay claim to a fourth of the Colorado River, a vital water source for 40 million people ...

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American ...

That tension is nothing new. Home to displaced Native Americans who’d been kicked off their ancestral lands and white settlers eager to own it, the state is no stranger to tussles over who can ...

The Silver City Museum occupies the beautifully preserved 1881 Ailman House, a brick Italianate structure that stands as a testament to the town’s prosperous mining era.

In September 1670, Apache warriors launched a fierce attack on Las Humanas, the Pueblo settlement at Gran Quivira. They ...

Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops on large tracts of land despite harsh conditions.

With its cold climate, short growing season, and dense forests, Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a challenging place ...

T he essence of a summer book isn’t the subject matter, but the sense it can deliver of a pleasurable, even irresistible ...