RENO, Nev. (CN) — A federal judge halted the start of construction on a geothermal energy project in the wetlands of central Nevada on Tuesday. The ruling by senior U.S. District Judge Robert Clive ...

Southern Nevada’s “weather tortoise” Mojave Max sets late-emergence record ...

Meteorologically (which is measured by weather patterns), springtime is already here. Astronomically (which is measured by where the Earth is in relation to the sun), springtime is still several days ...

I first heard about the Nevada hot springs from a fellow hiker I met on a trip to Utah. She rattled off names like Spencer and Ruby Valley, and her eyes lit up when she described the desert air mixing ...

In Northern Nevada’s Great Boiling Spring, strange microscopic creatures thrive in water hot enough to kill you. Scientists led by UNLV researcher Brian Hedlund are studying the microorganisms in this ...

Now that spring has sprung and all our days are warm and sunny, it’s time to get off the couch to hit the trails.

The tail end of another Sierra storm brought 10 inches of new snow to the mountains above Lake Tahoe and winds gusting in excess of 100 mph over ridgetops. But spring weather is finally in the ...