Mono Lake, tucked in the Eastern Sierra, is no ordinary lake. Its eerie tufa towers and teeming swarms of brine shrimp and ...

Reeling in a potential record-setting fish can be rewarding, as long as you have the patience, one California man recently ...

near Mono Lake. The fire, 140 miles south of Reno, has spread to 540 acres with no containment as of Friday morning. U.S. 395 is closed from Lee Vining to State Route 167. The U.S. Forest Service ...

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. As the snow in the Sierras ...

With its haunting rock spires and salt-crusted shores, Mono Lake is a Hollywood vision of the apocalypse. To the city of Los Angeles, however, this Eastern Sierra basin represents the very source ...

The fire broke out on Thursday around 3:30 p.m. and has burned 707 acres while jumping Highway 395 near Mono Lake. Crews said erratic winds caused the fire to spread quickly. No containment has ...

Reporting from MONO LAKE, Calif. — As this drought-stricken body of salt water recedes, the repercussions mount: Its exposed alkaline flats are giving rise to dust storms. A haven for endangered ...

Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shrimp, alkali flies and little else. Scientists recently discovered an unsuspected resident ...

Meanwhile, Mono Lake, beleaguered by three years of drought, is expected to rise by several feet, a welcome reprieve as the lake has struggled to reach target levels. The contrast between the ...