The epic rain and snow from a few winters ago appears to have changed the lake's chemistry, with big impacts for wildlife.

Officials say the wild horse deaths at Mono Lake are probably linked to the cold winter, but some ecologists worry they indicate a larger problem for the fragile habitat.

The return of Owens Lake threatens billions of dollars in efforts to stem air pollution, while the resurgent Mono Lake is generating cautious optimism.

On the afternoon of May 22, a wildfire sparked next to Highway 395 near the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, causing major damage to the reserve’s infrastructure.

Mono Lake is just one of the sources Los Angeles uses to meet its water demands. But those who oversee it want a better plan to keep more of the water in the basin.

The Inn fire had grown to over 700 acres to the northwest of Mono Lake, near the Nevada border. It’s one of several brush fires that have erupted in California in the last week as the weather ...

Environmentalists say it’s past time for California water officials to halt Los Angeles’ diversion of Mono Lake’s tributaries. But L.A. officials insist that water is a tiny but vital part ...

Environmentalists say it’s past time for California water officials to halt Los Angeles’ diversion of Mono Lake’s tributaries. But L.A. officials insist that water is a tiny but v… ...

U.S. 395 in Mono County is closed in both directions for the Inn Fire burning just north of Lee Vining, Calif., near Mono Lake. The fire, 140 miles south of Reno, has spread to 540 acres with no ...

Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake The choanoflagellate forms colonies that enclose bacteria, making it one of the simplest organisms to have a microbiome ...

Environmentalists say it’s past time for California water officials to halt Los Angeles’ diversion of Mono Lake’s tributaries.