2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (275+ words) In some locations, the highest concentrations measured were nearly 2,000 percent above the state standard, while median concentrations were approximately 600 percent above the standard. Fortunately, this is a problem our community can help solve. To raise awareness, Mesa County has launched…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (609+ words) (Stéphane Granzotto via SWNS) Blowing bubbles helps sperm whales sleep soundly beneath the waves, new research reveals. It stops them from floating to the surface while they're grabbing a nap, say scientists. While little is known about how sperm whales…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (783+ words) Dolphins' social lives are being reshaped by human activity, reveals new research. The study of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Florida shows human-linked foraging influences how the aquatic mammals associate with one another. Wild dolphins are known for their…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (775+ words) The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission narrowly passed a bag limit for the trapping of 17 furbearer species of two animals per day per species at its Thursday meeting, which was below the recommendation of Parks and Wildlife staff. CPW Deputy…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (487+ words) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that it is downlisting the razorback sucker from an endangered to a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The razorback sucker, one of four threatened and endangered fish found in the Colorado…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (764+ words) Two bottlenose dolphins follow a midwater trawler in the waters of Veneto, Italy. (Dolphin Biology and Conservation via SWNS) Dolphins are becoming increasingly reliant on fishing trawlers for food, suggests new research. Three out of four bottom trawlers in the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (222+ words) A lizard is walking again thanks to a 3D-printed leg splint. Staff at Healesville Sanctuary in Australia said X-rays and an examination showed he had injured toes and nerve damage. Ned's leg was scanned to capture every bump and curve,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (297+ words) A starving jackdaw with barely any feathers is being nursed back to health — after another bird took him under his wing. The tiny crow — nicknamed Frank Sinatra on account of his piercing blue eyes — was found in a “sorry state…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) Duchess the Pallas's cat at Edinburgh Zoo. (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland via SWNS) A zoo has welcomed one of the world's "grumpiest cats" - and hopes to "turn that frown upside down" in a breeding program. Pallas's cats are famous…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (348+ words) This image provided by the Natural History Museum shows a fossil found in Antarctica that belongs to a group of dinosaurs called titanosaurs. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven't yet…...