The Devils Hole pupfish is nothing to mess with.
Wildlife
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
Country-life shooters; moose acceptance; Phil Lyman’s unpaid debt
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Online privacy is for the birds
As wildlife sharing apps proliferate, unintended consequences threaten endangered species.
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The disease devastating deer herds may also threaten human health
Scientists are exploring the origins of chronic wasting disease before it becomes truly catastrophic.
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Even if Bigfoot isn’t real, we still need him
I just spent two years chasing a myth. Why?
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A silver lining to sage grouse rollbacks?
While there’s less protection overall, a few Western states restore regulations that match or surpass original plans.
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Extinction looms for southern California’s mountain lions
A new study presents a choice: Allow the big cats to vanish in 50 years — or build modest wildlife corridors.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
How should we treat fish before they end up on our plates?
Seafood harvesting is brutal — but it doesn’t have to be.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
Tenacious & twelve; junior ranger at 103; imperiled snowplow drivers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
What’s left of the tallgrass prairie
A ‘grassland education’ from nature photographer Harvey Payne.
Posted inApril 15, 2019: Scene of the Crime
We shouldn’t celebrate the killing of a mountain lion
The recent encounter between a runner and a 40-pound cougar perpetuates unwarranted fear.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
Commercial honeybees threaten to displace Utah’s native bees
Federal lands could offer hives a respite from pesticides.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Can beauty alone save a natural place?
Essays that unravel the mystique of the American West.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
Glimpse inside the last inland temperate rainforest
Endangered species and landscapes vividly captured in a new book.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
The last woodland caribou has left the Lower 48
Canadian wildlife officials relocated the sole surviving member of the South Selkirk herd to British Columbia.
Posted inMarch 4, 2019: El Nuevo Movimiento
New bill leaves lands protected, lawmaking neglected
A bipartisan public lands bill punts on overhauling environmental policies.
Posted inFebruary 18, 2019: Barriers to Entry
An air crow; shutdown interlopers; coyote Happy Hour
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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The greenback cutthroat trout needs saving, again
After a case of mistaken identity, scientists double down on their efforts to save a fabled fish.
Posted inMarch 18, 2019: Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox
Development plans test a decade-old conservation deal
Were concessions to protect undeveloped land in California worth it?