Two big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: dramatic mountains in west Texas more than 200 miles from where they grew up.

Strong winds on Monday drove a wildfire through a remote area of eastern California, prompting evacuations for hundreds of ...

BACK TO IN INYO COUNTY, NEAR THE SIERRA NEVADA, A RAPIDLY GROWING FIRE ... endangered species including the Owens pupfish and desert bighorn sheep. The cause was under investigation.