With a recent uptick in new COVID-19 cases and as vaccination rates stall in parts of the country, questions surrounding the level of protection offered by vaccines remain prominent. One researcher at The University of New Mexico is taking that question...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, environmental correspondent Laura Paskus speaks with a former U.S. Air Force firefighter who served at Cannon Air Force Base in the 1990s. Part of the award-winning NMPBS series “Groundwater War,” the interview touches...

Diana Northup, a visiting associate professor in The University of New Mexico’s Biology department, was recently featured in an episode of Alien Worlds, a new docufiction series streaming on Netflix for her cave...

Exceptionally hot and dry weather this summer has fueled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S., spewing smoke across the country and threatening to register yet another record-breaking year. More than a century of fire exclusion has created dense...

dry weather this summer has fueled dozens of wildfires across the western U.S. and is threatening to register another record-breaking year.

wildfire mitigation include thinning of dense forests in fire-excluded areas, prescribed burning, reducing fuels on the ground, and allowing some wildfires to burn in backcountry settings under favorable fuel and weather conditions.

Prescribed burns are one way New Mexico mitigates its wildfire danger. Photo: John Marshall

The University of New Mexico announced it will require COVID-19 vaccinations of its faculty staff and students to help protect the health, safety and welfare of the UNM campus community. The requirement is pending UNM Board of Regents approval in a...