Alongside stunning footage, scientists found that the border wall deters wildlife.
Wildlife
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In Sitka, Łingít fishers share herring harvests with a surprise influx of grey whales
An unprecedented whale surge in Alaska waters has changed how humans interact with a vital yaaw fishery.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Two-headed snakes, tourist-tossing bison and one very good dog
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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MAGA and the developers are coming for your public lands
Sen. Mike Lee slips federal land privatization provision into Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
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When we harm wolves, we harm ourselves
Anger over these wild creatures shows a lack of perspective.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Sea otters to get another chance in Oregon and Northern California
The Siletz Tribe received a $1.56 million grant to reintroduce Xvlh-t’vsh.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Wolves return to the West
After being driven to near-extinction, these animals, and the politics around them, are back.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
Truck nuts, pinniped pups and recidivist meat smugglers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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USGS’ biological research arm could vanish
Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
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Trump’s border wall expansion endangers wildlife and habitat
Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump asks Congress to cut at the heart of the West
The White House wants to alter life for U.S. hunters, anglers, RVers, off-road-vehicle drivers, backpackers, birdwatchers and hikers.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Searching for sparrows in the Sky Islands
Grassland restoration in Sonora, Mexico, helps to conserve North America’s bird life.
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‘De-extinction’ isn’t real, but the conservation questions it raises are
In the age of gene editing, what does it mean to protect a species?
Posted inMay 2025: The Art of the Cruise
The hidden costs of wolf conservation
‘Pay for presence’ aims to compensate ranchers for predator-related losses, but Western states might not be able to afford it.
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Nutritious nutria, hammock headgear, famous fungi and a juvenile giraffe
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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The Eastern Shoshone are reclassifying buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock
The intent is to restore buffalo on the land and challenge the link between animal and product.
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Trump administration plans Endangered Species Act rollback
Revisions to the law center on ‘harm,’ which would allow far more mining, drilling and other development that threatens critical habitat.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Bird flu finds its way into Western wildlife
The deaths of two Washington cougars suggest the virus is more widespread than thought.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Bigfoot hits the bigtime, America’s Next Top Baby Zoo Animal, and the magic bus miracle
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.