TECOPA, Calif. — On summer days, Larry Levy and Jim Furlough start their delivery route early to beat the withering heat in this Mojave Desert village one mountain range removed from Death Valley.

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Researchers are assessing the damage after a wildfire near the California-Nevada border burned through critical habitat for one of North America’s most endangered rodents. Monday’s lightning-sparked ...

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake struck close to Tecopa on Sunday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At 9:54 p.m., a tremor struck the region above sea level, ...

RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare wildflower found in the desert wetlands of western Nevada and eastern California, may qualify for ...

LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Tecopa bird’s beak, a rare desert wetland wildflower ...