Yosemite National Park rangers on Monday unveiled a website that allows anybody around the world to track the movement of the park’s iconic black bears. Bears are fitted with GPS…
In this March 29, 2017 photo, Joyce Endresen wears an Optune therapy device for brain cancer, as she speaks on a phone at work in Aurora, Ill. She was diagnosed…
The Durango Farmers Market has implemented a sponsorship program to offer community members a new way to support the market.Durango Herald file Sponsorship benefits and opportunities are at DurangoFarmersMarket.com. The…
Durango Herald/Jerry McBride file The communities will implement fuels-reduction projects and wildfire-mitigation education activities on National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, May 6. Colorado communities received 23 of the 150 awards.…
This weather phenomenon – driven by a quick increase in temperatures and a lack of precipitation resulting in bone-dry soil – is called a flash drought. It has affected pockets…
The fast food giant said Thursday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in its Quarter Pounder burgers by sometime next year at most of its U.S.…
In Buenos Aires, a homey meal steeped in culture, good company
Dallas County Mosquito Lab microbiologist Spencer Lockwood sorts mosquitos collected in a trap in Hutchins, Texas, that had been set up in Dallas County near the location of a confirmed…
Lynx have foothold; future unclear for wolverine, mouse
When I lived in China and traveled home three times a year, making a 14-hour trek from Beijing to the District of Columbia, people would say, “Oh, I could never…
Bill Kochevar, 56, who was paralyzed from the shoulders down after a cycling accident in Cleveland nearly a decade ago, feeds himself after doctors implanted electronic sensors into his brain…
A plane takes off into the night sky from London’s Heathrow Airport. Three airliners narrowly missed colliding with drones near London’s Heathrow Airport in the space of three weeks last…
du1-i-syn Soland will discuss the creation of a new digital museum exhibit that explores the social and environmental impact of uranium mining on the Four Corners. The digital aspect of…
du1-i-syn “My Life: Planning in Advance,” an initiative funded by the Colorado Health Foundation, aims to educate people 18 and older in La Plata County about their health care and…
Trekkers hike towards Everest Base camp near Lobuche, Nepal. Mountaineering expedition organizers in Nepal are sending huge trash bags with climbers on Mount Everest during the spring climbing season to…
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file The event will feature several Growing Domes of various sizes and helpful tips about local non-GMO nutrition and year-round gardening in the Rocky Mountains. Public viewing…
From toilets to traffic, managers must intervene to control crowds
The Food and Drug Administration approved Ocrevus, the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. While there are more…
Some international travelers are citing politics as a factor in whether to visit the U.S. this year, according to survey research by the tourism marketing agency Brand USA. Other new…
Whitewater release below McPhee starts Wednesday
The Food and Drug Administration approved Dupixent for moderate or severe eczema, which causes red, fiercely itchy rashes on the face, arms and legs.Sanofi/Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration…
Driven by curiosity, 78-year-old leads weekly hike
Event will include four speakers, a panel and a rain barrel workshop
Elaine Khosrova does this, not infrequently. She warms a variety of types to room temperature, gets a glass of water to clear her palate between rounds and pries delicately at…
Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University…
A charter plane that left Dunedin, New Zealand, late Thursday flew close to the Antarctic Circle to give the eager passengers an up-close look at the Aurora Australis, or Southern…
It took Turkish chef Tuba Geckil two days to make the imposing bust of Trump, clad from mid-torso in an edible jacket and striped tie. Geckil said Saturday she crafts…
Western Colorado Congress and Grand Valley Citizens Alliance invited media to visit the Wierengas’ home and note the school’s proximity to the proposed natural gas well pad. The organizations seek…
A culture of human breast cancer cells. Environmental risks and heredity get the most blame for cancer, but new research suggests random chance may play a bigger role than people…
Here’s the shortest route to 49,603 historic sites
