One of the most exciting scientific findings of the past half century has been the discovery of widespread trophic cascades. A trophic cascade is an ecological process which starts at the top of the food chain and tumbles all the way down to the bottom. We all know that whales eat fish and krill and...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed a pair of Amur leopard cubs last Wednesday, adding to the population of one of the most endangered species in the world.
Amur leopards have been on the list of critically endangered animals since 1996 and are the rarest of big cat species, with only 100 or so estimate...
By Matthew Brown and Camille Fassett
The Associated Press
ROLLING HILLS, Wyo.>> Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for killing or injuring protected eagles dropped sharply in recent years, even as officials ramped up issuing permits that will allow wind energy companies to kil...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont.>> The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and other interests, according to a top administration officia...
By Kristen Kidd
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Mom and I fancy ourselves birdwatchers. But we don’t begin to qualify as birders, those obsessed people in earth-toned outdoor apparel who travel the globe to see as many rare birds as possible.
So it was on a lark that we decided to drive from our Denver are...
Colorado cements plan to reintroduce gray wolves but a snag lingers
The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2023 at 2:05 p.m. | UPDATED: May 3, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.
Colorado’s plan to capture and release dozens of wolves into the Western Slope’s wilderness is now finalized, though the timeline mig...
By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M.>> Native American tribes, as well as state and local governments, will be able to tap into $350 million in infrastructure funds to build wildlife corridors along busy roads and add warning signs for drivers in what federal of...
“These lands offer widespread benefits to the public”
By BRUCE FINLEY |
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| The Denver Post
April 7, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.
A state-backed coalition of conservation groups is launching an unprecedented push that would pay private landowners to save 3.3 million acres of natural te...
The virus has claimed geese, ducks, even 2 Chilean flamingos, data shows
By Conrad Swanson
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza — or bird flu — sweeping across the globe has killed more than 12,000 wild birds in Colorado, and the virus is jumping into mammal populations a...
U.S. to focus on bison restoration
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to co...
By Amy Taxin
The Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif.>> Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.
At this zoo in a central California far...
WILDLIFE By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE>> Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and pups have been documented since reintroduction efforts began in the southwestern U.S. more than two decades ago, federal wildlife manager...
By Tracey Tully and Winston Choi-Schagrin
The New York Times
First, a North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, washed ashore in Virginia. Then, a humpback floated onto a beach in New Jersey. Not long afterward, a minke whale, swept in on the morning tide, landed on the Rockaway...
WHALE SONG
Scientists: Humpbacks wail less as population grows
A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens, Australia, in June 2021. MARK BAKER — ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
WASHINGTON>> Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.
S...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.>> The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials Tuesday proposed removing the wading bird from the endangered species list.
The U.S. ...
By Bruce Finley
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Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prairie chicken can be especially hard to spot — hiding behind shrubs, seldom popping out except before sunrise in spring for flamboyant mating dances.
But now it may become Colorado’s first climate casualty.
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By Dino Grandoni
MONTREAL — Close to 200 countries reached a watershed agreement early Monday to stem the loss of nature worldwide, pledging to protect nearly a third of Earth’s land and oceans as a refuge for the planet’s remaining wild plants and animals by the end of the decade.
A room of blear...
Federal endangered species designation will heighten protection for surviving lesser prairie chickens
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| The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: December 8, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: December 9, 2022 at 10:50 a.m.
Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prair...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti.
These eastern musk turtles, known for spending much of their lives i...
State officials lost track of North Park pack after collars stopped working
By Conrad Swanson
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Three of Colorado’s few gray wolves might have been killed just across the state line in Wyoming, state wildlife officials confirmed.
Travis Duncan, a spokesman for Colorado Park...
