Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

LINCOLN, Neb. - The western U.S. continues to endure dry conditions, and now scientists are using the term "megadrought" to describe the problem — which has existed for decades — with no end in sight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new modeling study of the Southern Andes shows that if a megadrought like Chile’s current one strikes again near the end of this ...

DENVERDENVER — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to ...

As historic drought conditions on the Western Slope fuel another dangerous wildfire season, a new paper from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder warns that human-caused climate change is ...

A 20-year megadrought in the West is threatening hydropower for millions of people, so the federal government is taking emergency action. It's sending water from other reservoirs to Lake Powell to ...

A climate changed world is too hot, too wet, too on fire — and increasingly, too dry. Though rainfall events are getting stronger, that doesn’t mean the water always falls where it needs to, and a new ...

More than 1.1 million acres have already burned in the western half of the United States this year. And after record wildfires across the West last year, officials predict those fires will ...

DENVER (AP) — Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it ...

The high mountains of central Chile look solid and eternal, but their ice is in trouble. For fifteen years, the country has endured a stubborn megadrought, and glaciers have quietly carried much of ...