Can the right breed keep both domestic animals and native carnivores alive?
Wildlife
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Feds opt not to list Mono Basin sage grouse
Conservation efforts persuaded officials that the Nevada-California population will fare well.
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Idaho’s Panther Creek comes back from the dead
Two decades after restoration began, life returns to a stream sterilized by mining.
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Famous Los Angeles puma holes up in residents’ crawlspace
The mountain lion brings attention to the role of urban wilds.
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Scientists document mega Oregon-Nevada pronghorn migration
Three hikers will track ecological conditions on the route this June.
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Fowl play: California’s drought fingered in bird deaths
Native pigeons and waterfowl fall victim to avian disease.
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Who should manage Grand Teton’s private inholdings?
A dead wolf and jurisdictional confusion in an iconic national park.
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Land-based foods won’t float polar bears through ice declines
As climate change sends bears searching for calories, new research suggests there’s no substitute for seals.
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Bison to be reintroduced in Banff, new plans for Yellowstone herd
Promising developments percolate in two North American parks.
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Latest: Oregon chub is no longer endangered
The species became the first fish to recover enough to be delisted.
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Photographs and writing on Yellowstone wildlife
Review of “Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.”
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Fish and Wildlife whistleblower retaliation case raises questions
A top Texas official reported political interference and scientific misconduct.
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New state and fed efforts to protect sage grouse
Plans aim to keep the wide-ranging bird off the endangered list.
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Jim Deacon, pioneering desert fish biologist, dies
But the concept of saving big places through little animals lives on.
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Washington’s wolverines stage tenuous comeback
The carnivores are recolonizing the northern Cascades, but they face an uncertain climate future.
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New hope for beetle-killed landscapes
Can native forest fungi combat the West’s bark beetle epidemic?
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The technique that’s revolutionizing aquatic science
Looking for brook trout? Try environmental DNA.
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The Latest: Wildlife refuges
The refuge system finally has a strategy for expansion.
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Bison, cows and rabbits square off on Utah range
Study says jackrabbits, not bison, are cattle’s main competitors in the Henry Mountains.
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Will endangered species status help the Mexican gray wolf?
Rare subspecies barely hangs on in the Southwest.