Rango doesn't just make references to specific Western films or characters, but pays homage to time-honored tropes in the genre as a whole. One of the best examples is the "Dead Man's Hand" held ...

Los Angeles’s palm trees are dying of fungus and under the threat of invasive insects. The city won’t replace the palms that die, altering their prominence in the city and likely their use as ...

Trees are needed to provide shade and absorb runoff. "So that development going in — if it's lot edge to lot edge — we're going to see an amplification of urban heat," Shandas says.

The Johnny Depp-voiced movie "Rango" has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Directed by Gore Verbinski, Depp's director in the first three installments of "Pirates of the Caribbean," the ...