Cheyenne Frontier Days canceled for first time in 124 years
Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history due to the coronavirus, the city's mayor told The...
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National parks have been closing across the country to avoid crowding during coronavirus outbreak
From Rocky Mountain National Park to Yosemite, parks have been closing.
“Taco Tuesday” tiff heats up in fast-food chain鈥檚 hometown
"Taco Tuesday" may be a well-known term for a themed dinner night out or at home, but as restaurants across the U.S. have learned, it's also trademarked.
Forest Service wants to trim habitat for sage grouse in Wyoming and Nevada
A U.S. Forest Service plan released Friday would reduce designated sage grouse habitat in Wyoming and Nevada while easing grazing rules intended to protect the ground-dwelling birds in five Western...
鈥淏ig Boy鈥� steam locomotive makes post-restoration debut
It抖阴ap longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain.
Wanted: More pastures for West抖阴ap overpopulated wild horses
About 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the south, cattle ranchers, wild horse advocates and the BLM have been embroiled in decades of lawsuits over wild horses in an area of...
Grand Teton plan would trap or kill goats to help bighorns
Spotting a mountain goat perched high on a cliff might thrill many of the millions of tourists who visit Grand Teton National Park every year, but park officials say it...
Man who appears to urinate on Old Faithful ticketed by park rangers
Yellowstone National Park officials have ticketed a man caught on video wandering close to Old Faithful and potentially urinating into the geyser.
Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird
Some charismatic critters caught by motion-detecting wildlife cameras seem to know how to strike a pose. But it's not just show business.
Trump administration rescinding rules for oil, gas drilling
President Donald Trump's administration is rescinding proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing and other oil- and gas-drilling practices on government lands, government officials announced Thursday.