Grizzlies Starting To Stir In Yellowstone National Park
Grizzly bears are starting to stir in Yellowstone National Park, where one of the bruins was spotted in a meadow in the west-central part of the park.
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121 Horses Call Shackleford Banks Home At Cape Lookout National Seashore
Shackleford Banks at Cape Lookout National Seashore continues to support a healthy population of horses, according to the national seashore's annual report on the herd.
Crews Working To Cull 600-900 Bison From Yellowstone's Herds
Work is underway to cull between 600 and 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park, where an interagency plan calls for the park's herds to be capped around 5,000 animals.
Federal Judge Orders Endangered Species Act Protection For Gray Wolves
A federal judge on Thursday restored Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf across much of the country, ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2020 removed the protections based on two core populations of the canid, not on the species' status in a significant portion of its historic range and did not consider whether that range was needed to achieve full recovery.
Groups Call On Biden Administration To Create National Biodiversity Strategy
Nearly 200 countries have developed various forms of biodiversity strategies, but the United States is not one of them, according to a coalition of conservation groups that want the Biden administration to create a national biodiversity strategy in a bid to slow the sixth mass extinction.
New Documentary Examines Wolves Of Isle Royale National Park
How Isle Royale National Park's wolves form new packs, how researchers capture individual wolves for research, and what they learn from that research, is laid out in a documentary film released by the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation.
National Park Service Rethinking How Best To Manage Yellowstone Bison
"New scientific information and changed circumstances" have prompted the National Park Service to reconsider how best to manage bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Innovative Battles Against Park Invaders
With its sharp, hooked bill, the kiwikiu is a master at cracking open branches or berries in pursuit of a plump insect meal. Ironically, this olive green and yellow bird, already on the national endangered species list, risks being pushed into extinction by an insect.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2022
Southern California's Mountain Lions Typically Avoid Residential Areas
Mountain lions that roam about the Santa Monica Mountains in southern California typically tend to avoid residential areas, preferring instead chaparral and coastal sage scrub areas in and around Los Angeles, according to long-term studies by the National Park Service.
Putting Bison Genetics Under The Microscope At Yellowstone
Charles "Buffalo" Jones is just a footnote in Yellowstone National Park's history, but his work more than a century ago might have played a role in a current legal drama revolving around whether Yellowstone bison are an endangered species.
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