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Wyoming wolf numbers fall as disease spreads

STATE — Wolf numbers in Wyoming fell 19% in the state’s largest management area, according to a recent report from Wyoming Game and Fish. The report pointed to likely spread of distemper, a measles-like disease found in almost 70% of wolves captured in the state last year. Tut Fuentevilla

Why the Americas lost more giant mammals than Africa or Asia

Why the Americas lost more giant mammals than Africa or Asia

By Stephen Beech Giant species such as saber-tooth tigers triggered "ripple effects" still felt today when they vanished thousands of years ago, say scientists. Many of the world's largest mammals — also including woolly mammoths plus giant sloths and wombats — became extinct between 50,000 and

Fewer wolves killed in Montana despite state push to slash population

This story first appeared in Mountain Journal. Hiking near Gardiner on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk. Soon, I encountered something more surprising: Canine tracks that dwarfed my dog’s paws, and

Yellowstone wolf's skeleton testifies to strains of a wild life

Life’s misfortunes are often written on a body’s bones. The fall from a wall that cracked a construction worker’s skull. That whitewater canoe trip when your friend’s finger was smashed between the gunnel and a boulder. The tyrannosaurus tooth lodged in a duck-billed dinosaur’s

Yellowstone wolf's skeleton testifies to strains of a wild life

Life’s misfortunes are often written on a body’s bones. The fall from a wall that cracked a construction worker’s skull. That whitewater canoe trip when your friend’s finger was smashed between the gunnel and a boulder. The tyrannosaurus tooth lodged in a duck-billed dinosaur’s

Oldest dog DNA suggests 16,000 years of human companionship

Oldest dog DNA suggests 16,000 years of human companionship

The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years -- 5,000 years earlier than had previously been thought, new research said Wednesday. Despite being ubiquitous in the homes, backyards and hearts of people across the world, surprisingly little is

What National Park Service interpretive material in Montana has been flagged for review?

As members of the Trump administration order National Park Service staff change or remove hundreds of signs, exhibits and other interpretive materials at NPS sites across the country, a public database was uploaded earlier this month compiling all flagged material under review. A group self-described as “Civil Servants on