Los Alamos National Laboratories

The U.S. Forest Service’s own prescribed burn started a sprawling 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, the agency acknowledged Monday in a report published after a lengthy investigation.

New Mexico State University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have announced plans to establish a research program on migratory bird die-off. The move comes two years after New Mexico saw migratory birds literally falling from the sky.

About a quarter of Navajo women and some infants who were part of a federally funded study on uranium exposure had high levels of the radioactive metal in…