The San Rafael River has a problem. As it winds through red rock country northwest of Canyonlands National Park, it increasingly runs dry. Drought is again taking hold across Utah, and that could spell trouble for the wildlife that rely on the river, suc...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat.

It turns out there is surprisingly little evidence for life after death. I mean this specifically in the ecological sense. Think “the circle of life” from The Lion King in Mufasa’s lecture to Simba: “When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antel...

A mountain lion attack that killed a young California man last year has reignited a debate over how the big cats should be managed.

To help combat the threat of wildfires in Utah, the state's delegation to the 119th Congress has joined forces to introduced the Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act. That proposed federal legislation would create a center for research into essential fore...

Mountain lion concerns continue in Placer County, forcing one man to sell off his herd following a recent attack on his sheep. But a new study aims to give ranchers like him some hope.

Mountain lion attacks are rare in California, but incidents have been increasing and the cats' behavior has been changing in the past few decades, according to on-the-ground accounts.

As dangerous encounters in California continue to rise, local residents and wildlife experts are trying to figure out how humans and big cats can coexist.

A study of the efficacy of different nonlethal mountain lion deterrents is set to start in January, and local livestock owners are asked to get involved.

Collisions with large animals cost taxpayers $130 million annually, highlighting the need for solutions. Wildlife crossings are gaining support for potentially ongoing funding in Utah's upcoming legislative session. Bipartisan support seeks a permanent fu...

With so many reports of bear sightings in northern Michigan—the Michigan Department of Natural Resources estimates there are 2,000 black bears living here, with more than 10,000 in the Upper Peninsula. What’s more, we humans are finding it increasingly ch...

A study led praises two range-rider programs in northeast Washington, finding the programs are likely helping to reduce the number of conflicts between wolves and livestock.

Stocking fish in Utah waterbodies dates back to 1871 when fish were transported from other states by train and were dropped into lakes along the route. In 1897, Utah opened its first hatcheries and started raising trout locally.

In 1995, officials began to reintroduce wolves to northern Yellowstone National Park, restoring a symbol of wilderness and seemingly triggering an ecological transformation. Elk had been overrunning the park, because most of their predators had been hunte...

There are no grizzly bears in Utah, but state biologists say it might not be out of the question in future years.

Elephants in South Africa repeatedly visit the carcasses of other elephants, and move the bones around. A team of researchers at Kruger National Park are working to illumine this mysterious behavior and understand the role of mega-carcasses on the ecosyst...

Wildlife experts in US west have found small aircraft are ideal for protecting humans and livestock from predators.

Pando, a single quaking aspen in Utah covering 43 hectares, could be between 16,000 and 81,000 years old. New threats mean the world’s largest tree is now in decline.

Ray Mesa, near the La Sal mountains on the Colorado-Utah border is notable for its old-growth Ponderosa pines (estimated to be several hundred years old) that are growing in cool drainages amongst pinyon-juniper woodlands. Recent Ponderosa tree mortality ...

“The collection consists of around a million specimens of just these ichneumonid wasps. So just this one family of wasps. And in it there’s, it's really hard to say exact figures, but there's probably something like 10 to 20,000 undescribed species just s...

With ballooning populations, wild horses and burros are teetering on the edge of crisis.