Endangered species

Court upholds protection for rare bird in Colorado, Utah

This April 2014 photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a Gunnison Sage Grouse with tail feathers fanned near…

September 30, 2018

Local News

Conservation groups agree to stay sage grouse lawsuit

with Fish and Wildlife sets deadlines for recovery plan

May 2, 2018

Local News

Court upholds flows for Dolores River

district lawsuit to block water rights to bolster habitat rejected

April 8, 2018

Local News

Along the border, 500 miles of desert species

BioBlitz records biodiversity in 500 miles of desert along wall site

April 5, 2018

Nation & World

1st alligator snapping turtle in decades spotted in Illinois

This Oct. 15, 2016 photo shows a rare, wild alligator snapping turtle in a creek in Union County, Ill., the…

November 14, 2017

Regional News

Walleye delay action on endangered Colorado pikeminnow

Unfamiliar predation on the pikeminnow in the Colorado River comes from a species of fish that’s native to the flatwaters…

November 6, 2017

Nation & World

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new…

November 3, 2017

Regional News

2 states warn Trump against big changes in sage grouse plan

A male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden. Two…

October 31, 2017

Regional News

Estimated population of squirrel plummets after wildfire

Arizona state officials say the estimated population of the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel has apparently plummeted since a major…

October 22, 2017

Local News

Environmentalists, San Miguel county sue to protect Gunnison sage grouse

Lawsuit alleges lack of environmental studies invalidates lease sales

October 16, 2017

Regional News

As grouse rules ease, some see boost for oil, gas exploration

The U.S. Interior Department is reconsidering restrictions on mining, oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities imposed by the…

October 15, 2017

Regional News

Suit seeks to stop oil-gas drilling on 9 public land parcels

The lawsuit filed in Denver federal court Tuesday says the federal Bureau of Land Management didn’t consult with wildlife managers…

October 10, 2017

Regional News

Feds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat

Male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake in northern Colorado. The…

October 5, 2017

Nation & World

Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus

FILE – In this April 18, 2004, file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific walrus cows…

October 4, 2017

Nation & World

Scientists discover a species of giant rat

Vika, a sharp-toothed rat that grows up to 18 inches long and lives in a tree. It’s just a painting,…

September 27, 2017

Regional News

States argue for more say over endangered species

New Mexico and 18 other states argue that the law requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to cooperate with…

January 18, 2017

Local News

Wildlife autopsy reveals cause of death for Purgatory lynx

tumor prevented animal from eating

January 18, 2017

Southwest Life

Rare jaguar photographed in Arizona

A trail camera took this photograph of a jaguar Dec. 1 on an Army base near Sierra Vista, southeast of…

December 14, 2016

Regional News

Judge blocks Montana logging project in Canada lynx habitat

A wildlife advocacy group that sued to stop the Greater Red Lodge Habitat and Vegetation Management Project in the Custer…

November 24, 2016

Regional News

Rare New Mexico meadow jumping mouse populations discovered

U.S. Forest Service biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of the elusive, endangered…

November 2, 2016

Local News

BLM presents plan to save Gunnison sage grouse

Cooperation with private landowners is key, officials say

October 23, 2016

Local News

Court gives lynx ‘fighting chance’ in Southwest Colorado

and Wildlife to consider Colorado as critical habitat

September 17, 2016

Regional News

Protections rejected for American pika, other species

In this Aug. 17, 2005, photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey/Princeton University shows an American pika. Federal officials have…

September 13, 2016

Regional News

Groups rekindle battle over lesser prairie chicken

The fight over the lesser prairie chicken found in pockets across the Great Plains is far from over as industry…

September 13, 2016