“Cosmos in the Desert is more than just a stargazing event,” said Ashlee Goeddel, Park Supervisor for Lahontan State ...

Nevada State Parks will be hosting a Dark Skies Festival later this month at Lahontan State Recreation Area. The first annual ...

Under Wheeler Peak sits Nevada’s only glacier, still hanging on despite the state’s desert reputation. Scientists call it an ...

Nevada’s quirkiest destinations aren’t found on the Strip or in downtown Reno. They’re scattered across ghost towns, highways and wide-open desert. That’s according to WorldAtlas ...

The nearest entrance to Death Valley is about 2.5 hours away, while the closest entrance to Mojave National Preserve is about ...

Climate Central, a nonpartisan group of climate scientists, has again put Reno and Las Vegas at the top of its list of cities that have warmed the most since 1970. Reno’s average annual temperature ...

In the high desert 25 miles east of Reno, Gooseberry Mine is etched into the dusty Nevada hills. Until 1990, gold was dug out of the ground here. Now it's mostly abandoned. In late March ...

In an effort to protect hikers and first responders from the dangers of extreme desert heat, Valley of Fire State Park will begin its seasonal trail closures next month.

One of the rarest species on Earth, the Devils Hole pupfish, came close to extinction in recent months, thanks to an earthquake 500 miles from their deep desert cave. Now, worried scientists and ...