Wildlife

Grizzlies Out And About At Yellowstone National Park

Grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park are out and about looking for meals after their hibernation. One spotted by a pilot was drawn to a carcass that wolves were working on.

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By NPT Staff - March 16th, 2021 3:30pm

National Parks Traveler Episode 109: Great Smoky's Wildlife Corridors

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an ideal place to see bear, elk and other mammals, large and small. But too often the place these wild animals are seen most is dead along the side of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge, victims of a fragmented habitat combined with an increasing number of motor vehicles.

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Traditional And Emerging Roles Of Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historical Park

As much as Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park serves human visitors in search of bucolic serenity, American history, or recreation, the park also serves plants and animals with a safe corridor to move across the landscape, and waterscape, in an area of otherwise fragmented habitats.

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By Kurt Repanshek - April 14th, 2021 9:57am

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Bison Return To Waterton Lakes National Park

Six young plains bison have arrived at Waterton Lakes National Park, replenishing a small herd that had to be relocated during the 2017 Kenow Wildfire.

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By Jennifer Bain - March 8th, 2021 2:30am

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Groups Push For Eastern Hellbender To Be Protected By ESA

"Hellbenders," massive salamanders that can reach 2 feet in length, have not had it easy in recent decades. Back in 2011 the Ozark hellbender, which have been found in Ozark National Scenic Riverways, was designated an endangered species. And now conservation groups want the Eastern hellbender protected by the Endangered Species Act as well.

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By NPT Staff - March 5th, 2021 1:45am

Zion National Park Climbing Routes Closed For Nesting Falcons

Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting peregrine falcons in Zion National Park are temporarily closed into the summer due to the falcons' sensitivity to disturbance during the nesting season.

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By NPT Staff - March 3rd, 2021 1:45am

Autopsy Could Tell Whether Bear Killed Great Smoky Mountains Backpacker Last Fall

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials hope results of an autopsy on a backpacker whose body was being scavenged by a black bear will tell whether the man was killed by the bear.

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By NPT Staff - March 2nd, 2021 1:45am

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Death On The Tracks

After a 15-year wait, Burlington Northern Santa Fe produces a plan to mitigate — but not reduce — grizzly mortality by train strike.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 1st, 2021 1:46am

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It Doesn't Take Much Cold To Stun Sea Turtles

It takes seemingly little cold to stun a sea turtle. For humans, 50 degrees is chilly, but for the thousands of sea turtles that were stunned along the Gulf Coast of Texas the past two weeks, it can be deadly.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 2nd, 2021 10:47am

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Texas Cold Snap Leads To Catastrophic Stunning Of Sea Turtles

More than 11,000 sea turtles have been stunned, and an undetermined number killed, by the recent cold snap that plunged through Texas like an icy dagger. Biologists and wildlife technicians, including some from Padre Island National Seashore on the Gulf Coast, have been working to save as many as possible.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2021 6:18pm

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