The Durango Herald

The word green, which took a new meaning with the advent of the environmental movement, now is being applied to hospitality.

Taste for elephant threatens species

BANGKOK – A new taste for eating elephant meat – everything from trunks to sex organs – has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the...

Spill puts focus on Gulf region

TIVOLI, Texas – For decades, farmers and fishermen along the Gulf of Mexico watched as their sensitive ecosystem’s waters slowly got dirtier and...

Pythons slithering wild in Fla. Everglades

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A burgeoning population of huge pythons – many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big –...

Debate runs hot (or cold?)

The bet that two Durangoans made on whether the Earth’s overall temperature would be hotter or colder in 2017 than in 2007 – this year marks the...

Wolf-saving technique: Smell therapy

ALBUQUERQUE – Wildlife managers are running out of options when it comes to helping Mexican gray wolves overcome hurdles that have thwarted...

MIAMI – The U.S. is not ready to handle an oil spill if drilling off the Cuban coast should go awry but can be better prepared with monitoring...

Whale of a rescue

WASHINGTON

A hot item: Seed map reflects global warming

WASHINGTON – Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is...