The study is one of the first and most expansive research projects on snapping and spiny soft-shelled turtles in the U.S. high plains.
"It's gonna touch everyone in one way or another," said Wes Gordon, Casper's regional AIS specialist.
Pack rats, small rodents with big eyes, are helping scientists decipher climate change deep inside a chilly Wyoming cave.
Scientists working in the grotto are wearing long underwear, gloves and heavy coveralls to stay warm. Above ground, their assistants are sweat…
Land advocates applaud the interest in Wyoming’s open spaces, but also recognize the need to step up education on sustainable ways to recreate…
Early explorers during the separate Washburn, Hayden and Hague expeditions of the 1870s were astonished by the massive terraces and pools of h…
No early symptoms, no cure, always fatal, remains in the environment for decades and is rapidly spreading among wild and fenced deer throughou…
Yellowstone’s hot spring waters ultimately flow for thousands of miles before entering the ocean. But waters enter two different oceans — the …
Dark sky advocates are building a following by reigniting interest in stargazing in areas where light pollution is least prevalent. In Montana…
Expanding cattle range into abandoned sheep grazing allotments on the national forest, however, would give stock growers more options to keep …
LARAMIE — The southern Laramie Valley has served as a travel corridor for as long as humans have been crossing the plains, from Native America…
POWELL — On paper, the agenda for the inaugural meeting of the Wyoming Wildlife Task Force seemed pretty tame. Intended to be an introduction …
JACKSON — Elected officials trying to guard against runaway growth in Teton Valley would like to see their Jackson Hole counterparts pay more …
Staff spotted the pups living in a northern Colorado den with two collared wolves known as John and Jane.
“This is bear country — we all understand that,” one resident said. “I know what they’re about. There’s lions and bears and wolves here. You’v…
DENVER — Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged anglers to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because low flows durin…
Law enforcement officers and game wardens are searching for a bear suspected of killing a bicycle camper before dawn Tuesday morning.
Ten days after delivering a baby girl by cesarean section in April 2019, Sublette County resident Ashli Tatro was home nursing her newborn aro…
SALT LAKE CITY — Wildlife officials say a rare animal spotted in a Utah neighborhood likely has been on the move in search of a new place to live.
Small hydrothermal explosions — steam blasts — are common at Yellowstone National Park, occurring every year or two. Most happen in the backco…
The warm water temperatures and low water levels are partly due to a historically hot June, but also low snowpack in the winter and little moi…
One of Wyoming's famous bears is being hazed to keep her away from spectators along a busy highway. But that effort won't work forever, and a …
Each Yellowstone earthquake swarm is unique, lasting minutes to weeks and including a few to thousands of earthquakes that might or might not …
The lowlands will bloom first, then color will creep up hillsides and into mountains following snow as it retreats.
“The book just grew from no initial plan to what it eventually became,” the 78-year-old author said in a recent telephone interview. “I call i…
There’s a push in Congress to increase firefighter pay and convert at least 1,000 seasonal wildland firefighters to permanent, full-time, year…
A Montana commission advanced proposed rules that would allow the use of snares to hunt wolves and extend the wolf trapping season there.