By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont.>> The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.
Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildli...
Federal listing decision looms as snowy habitat shrinks
By Elise Schmelzer
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The mountain devil can cross hundreds of miles of rough alpine terrain, tear into an elk carcass frozen for weeks and fend off predators several times larger than its 40-pound frame.
And the elus...
A gray wolf pup born in Colorado has been collared by state wildlife officials. It’s the first time a native Colorado wolf pup has been tagged.
On Wednesday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffers placed a GPS collar on a female wolf pup in North Park, according to a CPW news release. The collared pu...
Shared from the 10/9/2020 The Denver Post eEditionBy Scott SonnerThe Associated Press
RENO, NEV.» Citing the government’s repeated reversals and refusals to protect a cousin of the greater sage grouse the past two decades, conservationists are suing again to try to force the federal listing of...
Shared from the 5/2/2020 The Denver Post eEdition
By Amy LevineGuest commentary
The COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder of the delicate and unpredictable balance between humans and the natural world. Even as a scientist who studies the human-animal interface, I am astounded by the fact that a seemingl...
Shared from the 1/26/2020 The Denver Post eEdition WYOMING By Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune
CASPER» It’s 35 degrees outside. About nine mule deer shuffle through the bitter waters of Fremont Lake. A buck shakes, sending droplets of water flying. He pauses to look back at the herd traili...
Shared from the 8/18/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng The Associated Press
GENEVA» From guitars to traditional medicines and from tusk to tail, mankind’s exploitation of the planet’s fauna and flora is putting some animals and plants at risk of extinction. Represen...