When air temperatures hit a record high of 109 degrees on June 10, NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument captured even higher temperatures for street surfaces.
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This “variant of interest” has a unique mutation that may make it resistant to the protection offered by vaccine and past infection.
Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., is about to reach its lowest point since the installation of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s.
The loss of the tortoises illustrates the challenges of bringing alternative energy sources to the Mojave Desert while still protecting its biodiversity.
Pahrump poolfish, only found in Nevada, have been successfully reintroduced to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge after months of removing predatory species.
The use of artificial intelligence to strategically position law enforcement vehicles on Las Vegas’ busiest highways appears to have had some initial success in reducing dangerous driving.
If you’ve got enough money, acres upon acres of undeveloped land and an “innovative technology,” you soon could form a new local government in Nevada.
Nevada has more than 300 species of endemic plants and animals, which are critical to maintaining the state’s ecosystem.
A Las Vegas paleontologist is still studying the specimens to confirm that his suspicion is true — that the fossils are from the extinct Ice Age helmeted musk ox.
A “mind-control” fungus found in cicadas forces males to mimic female mating behavior and spread infection and has been seen in populations across the U.S.
New to the United States, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus, or RHDV2, is extremely contagious and could devastate wild rabbit populations without intervention.
Warnings are out about methanol in sanitizers. But there is a local option — a Las Vegas distillery has made a safe blend based on an approved FDA recipe.
From April to October, state herpetologist Jason Jones assigns volunteers to drive stretches of road from sunset to midnight looking for snakes and lizards.
Nevada’s venomous rattlesnakes, Gila monsters and scorpions all can bite or sting. Here are tips to have positive interactions with wildlife in your backyard or hiking.
In February 1965, Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo 11 crew members spent three days exploring at what was then known as the Nevada Test Site.
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