But while Andrews and thousands of Angelinos were racing to evacuate, other people saw a financial opportunity. Using ...

Two sea otters hold onto each other’s paws to sleep off the California coast. Credit: Erin Donalson/Getty Images/iStockphoto If you could walk the ocean floor off the coast of Cape Arago in Oregon in ...

Early heat followed by late frost — a pattern on the rise due to climate change — can eliminate a harvest within hours.

In small towns across the West, residents are paying hundreds of dollars for a service that others get for free. They say the U.S. Postal Service has ignored their pleas for help.

This article appeared in the June 2026 print edition of the magazine with the headline “#IAMTHEWEST.” ...

A century-old Oregon water law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green while water-starved ag fallows commercial crops.

In the tide pools of Oregon, a writer becomes fascinated with the soft-bodied sea anemone, which makes a life an ever-changing habitat. The creature appears humble, but a deeper look reveals a complex ...

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With good healthcare getting harder to access in the rural West, it’s getting more difficult to start a family, care for elders, or consider retiring in these communities. Yet we stay, because we love ...

This story was published in partnership with Public Domain. Last year, as Utah prepared to file a federal lawsuit aiming to take control of millions of acres of federal public land within its borders, ...

All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.

A farmer harvests a wheat field with a combine harvester, next to wind turbines. Credit: Jean-Francois Monier / AFP via Grist/Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is ...