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- This Dec. 23, 2023 image provided by The Peregrine Fund shows a young condor named Milagra while at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho. (Kelsey Tatton/The Peregrine Fund via AP)
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A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild
By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press
Fri,09/27/24-11:01PM , 402 Reads
By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn’t be alive today.

But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of three of the giant endangered birds who got to stretch their wings in the wild as part of a release this weekend near the Grand Canyon.
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- This photo provided by the environmental group Earthjustice shows Ha'Kamwe', a sacred spring near Wikieup, Ariz., March 5, 2022. (Ash Ponders/Earthjustice via AP)
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Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands
By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press
Wed,08/21/24-6:26PM , 171 Reads
A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.
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- In an AP interview, National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira says some locations in the Southwest have been under an excessive heat alert.
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Las Vegas logs another record-high but weeklong heat wave losing grip on US Southwest
By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press
Fri,06/07/24-3:34AM , 479 Reads
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas set a new record high again on Friday and Albuquerque tied its high mark, but forecasters said the weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest earlier than usual in temperatures well into triple digits was on its last legs.
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- In this photo provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, a collared cow moose and her calf are spotted in Elko County, Nev., in 2022. In what will be a very tiny hunt for some of the biggest game in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season during fall 2024. State officials expect thousands of applications for the handful of hunting tags and, with an estimated population barely topping 100, it's already controversial. (Nevada Department of Wildlife via AP)
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Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change
By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press
Sat,03/23/24-11:01PM , 610 Reads
RENO, Nev. (AP) — In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season this fall.
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