More than 20 states will feel the impacts of the second winter storm to track through the Lower 48 this week as it brings ...

A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.

Some areas in the western Dakotas and Nebraska have shown extreme drought ... In general, conditions throughout the Great Plains region have steadily worsened with the lack of precipitation ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is one of several annual counts that help researchers to better understand bird species.