Wildlife

Bear tracked and killed after scratching Arriola resident

A black bear with a silver colored back climbs the rocks above the Dolores River in this file photo.Sam Green/The…

Can the feds save eagles by allowing more to be killed?

Fish and Wildlife Service hopes proposal will entice energy developers to obtain permits for eagle deaths

Wildlife agency agrees to deadline for wolf plan

Colorado objects to deadline

Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

Bears pay price of human carelessness

Are bear resistant cans working?

When grizzly bears in Montana can’t break into bear-resistant trash cans, yet black bears in Durango can, it raises the…

The human side of the problem

When there isn’t enough food in the wild, Colorado residents can expect bears to come to town looking for food.…

How Colorado towns change bears’ behavior

Researchers are learning how towns change animals’ behavior, populations

Malheur’s aftershock

Invasive carp may recolonize areas they were once eradicated from

Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah

110 Mexican gray wolves now roam portion of Arizona, New Mexico

Film fest is Friday

Spend an evening enjoying nature and adventure films at the Wild and Scenic film festival Friday, Jan. 22 at the…

Conservation easements protect threatened sage grouse

Landowner moves 1,300 acres into conservation

Regional butterfly will be considered for protection

The Great Basin silverspot butterfly.Courtesy photo On Jan. 12, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will evaluate…

Elk visits Dolores’ main street

Briefs

Feds to study butterfly found in Southwest Federal officials plan to study the status of a butterfly once found across…

Feeding big game can be deadly

Feeding big game is illegal in Colorado, and it can be deadly for wildlife. “There’s no doubt that life’s tough…

Enduring pain for science (and birds)

Local birders brave cold, snow for annual Cortez bird count

Life beneath the snow and ice

Barn owls are one of the 11 species of North American owl found in Colorado and can be spotted by…

Another wolf killed in Utah

This gray wolf in the Grand Canyon is the first time the animal has been seen in Arizona in 70…

In La Plata County, underpasses, speed zones may limit wildlife-vehicle collisions

Underpasses, speed zones aim to reduce animal-vehicle collisions, roadkill

Moose visits the Animas

More than 100 people turn out for rare sighting

Sage-grouse debate shifts to land use

BILLINGS, Mont. – Before the applause faded from the U.S. government’s announcement that there would be no endangered-species protections for…

Elk close loop in Mesa Verde history

Ancients, elk share past

U.S. retreats from listing for sage grouse

Feds make announcement in Colorado

Elk close gap in history at Mesa Verde park

Ancients, elk have shared history