This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. We set out from Marfa one recent Tuesday at a predawn hour so ...

Over seven weeks this fall, Arizona Republic climate reporter Joan Meiners is biking the length of the 850-mile Arizona Trail from Utah to Mexico to report on how climate change is affecting the state ...

The "Windcatcher" design concept, a wall of small wind turbines floating in the sea, from Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS), has officially received approval from a leading global ...

Some historians consider a windmill as one of the tools that helped open the American West to settlement. Water is one of the basic requirements of life for man and livestock. Cattle and horses can ...

There are almost 200 countries in the world, and each one has something special about it. From snowy mountains to wide, golden deserts, our planet is full of amazing sights. Many countries have ...

From the Grand Canyon’s South Rim, I cruised south on a paved, downhill path out of the park toward Tusayan, riding with Ryan Choi, an ecologist in from Alaska and an old friend. It was a cool, sunny ...

The Arizona Trail stretches 850 miles from the state's northern border with Utah to its southern border with Mexico. Republic reporter Joan Meiners is biking the trail, start to finish. On the Babbitt ...