2+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1023+ words) Animal rights activists in Oregon are pushing a ballot initiative that would effectively ban hunting, fishing and ranching. Should it pass, one Oregon resident said there aren't enough prisons in the country to hold all the "lawbreakers" it would create....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (491+ words) They will eat anything they can catch. They are true carnivores,retired wildlife biologist Franz Camenzind told Cowboy State Daily. Wyoming has a healthy population ofmink, which aremembersof the weasel family. But they're seldom seen, and most folks lucky enough…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (846+ words) Until about March, folks might see blindfolded bighorn sheep or deer flying around, slung in harnesses under'helicopters. They aren't being nabbed by well-equipped poachers but are transported for population studies, disease testing and other research. Until about March, folks might…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1246+ words) Wildlife researchers are using technology to take a hands-off approach to studying wildlife, stressing animals less and saving researchers from eye-blurring data crunching. It's a huge leap from the days of wrestling bears in the name of science. As wildlife…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (917+ words) Bison, elk and other animals die in droves in Yellowstone National Park's remote "animal boneyard." Their carcasses provide a springtime buffet for grizzlies and wolves. In a remote, seldom-seen corner of Yellowstone National Park, mass death fuels the renewal of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1655+ words) When 83-year-old Goshen County rancher Gary Hubert first saw the condition of 14 starving horses, he went to the sheriff. He then supplied 25 1,2000-pound bales of hay himself before others stepped up. The man who allegedly abandoned the horses is awaiting…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (938+ words) The new crop of grizzly cubs that will emerge this spring to the delight of visitors in Yellowstone have likely already been born, researchers say. A long-term study nailed down January as the month when most grizzly cubs in Yellowstone…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (804+ words) A gigantic bull elk, called "Split 5," hailed as the king of the Estes Park, Colorado,herd, was reportedly legally killed by a hunter, leaving his fans mourning. The bull was apparently shot during Colorado's fall hunting season. After the news…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (617+ words) A grizzly spotted out wandering in Yellowstone National Park on Monday might be up from hibernation incredibly early or awake incredibly late. "This would be one of the earliest sightings on record," bear biologist Frank van Manen told Cowboy State…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1242+ words) Mouse the horse had been missing since July 2025, only to be found alive by snowmobilers in the Wind River Mountains. Several people, specialized snow machines, and a river raft were enlisted Sunday to reach and rescue the horse. A horse…...