R and T Nautical shop in Cape Charles looks like something coughed up by the Chesapeake Bay. Gray driftwood is scattered among tables of water-stained decanters, mud-splattered whelks and a ...

During the 2013 Great Backyard Bird Count, Scott Bills phographed a pair of bluebirds at the homemade bird dough he places on feeders around his Halifax backyard. PVC pipes used to mark boundaries at ...

A national conservation group is calling on the federal government to end a little-known but widespread threat to birds, particularly in Nevada: the use of hollow plastic pipes to mark mining claims.

Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. The mountain bluebird is so common in the West that it serves as the ...

The caged canary in the coal mine signaled danger to workers. When it died from carbon monoxide fumes, the miners knew their lives could end next if they didn't exit the nearest tunnel. Today's mining ...

RENO, Nev. – Federal land managers have adopted a new policy aimed at capping pipes and plastic tubes on public lands that annually lead to the unintentional deaths of up to 100,000 cavity-dwelling ...

ELKO, Nev. — Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they're making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners traditionally have used to stake their claims, because such ...

RENO, Nev. — Nevada conservationists and state wildlife officials are stepping up efforts to find and destroy hollow PVC pipes that are used to mark mining claims across the West but also serve as ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have adopted a new policy aimed at capping pipes and plastic tubes on public lands that annually lead to the unintentional deaths of up to 100,000 ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers have adopted a new policy aimed at capping pipes and plastic tubes on public lands that annually lead to the unintentional deaths of up to 100,000 ...