The fifth tallest peak, Mount Jefferson, is near Round Mountain in central Nevada's Nye County. Want to escape to the ...

Nevada is the ... stretches of land, the species adapted to their unique new homes. "We have a huge amount of really unique species in our wetlands, as well as in our mountains, because of our ...

“The Endangered Species Act is the most powerful law in the world at preventing extinction, and we’re going to keep pressing this issue until Nevada’s special critters get the protections they need.” ...

But secretive Sierra Nevada red foxes — genetically and geographically distinct from all other red foxes — can only live in the remote, high-elevation reaches of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade ...