Yellowstone May Start Bison Feeder Herds
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A proposed quarantine facility for Yellowstone National Park bison to eventually provide herd startups for Indian reservations and wildlife refuges is being considered, state officials say.
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By Michael Babcock Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune  GREAT FALLS, Mont.  -- A 10-year-study of mountain lions by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is winding down, and researchers are almost gleeful with what they believe will be the results.
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 14--KENTON -- Wildlife officials think they have seen the first case of a mountain lion preying on livestock in the state.
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By Hillary Borrud, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Mar. 11--LYTLE CREEK -- It still takes some luck or knowledge to sight bighorn sheep in the San Gabriel Mountains, but the chances of spotting one have grown.
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A La Nina weather pattern could be in store for spring and summer, which could make it a dry growing season for grains and soybeans in the US Midwest and Plains, a private forecaster predicted Friday.
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Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.
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By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 16--Abigail Blake loves animals and wants them to have a good home.   So with the help of the tooth fairy, she did her part to see that they get one at Eagle Mountain Lake.
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In the three decades since 18 bison stumbled onto a federal elk feeding ground outside this mountain town, the herd has ballooned to 1,200 animals &#151; one of the largest groups of bison in the United States.
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A Dutch park of natural sand dunes may introduce predators such as wolves or wildcats to control its overpopulation of deer, a local official said Wednesday.
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If tests next week prove that the United States has its second case of mad cow disease, cattle industry sources are hoping the animal is an old dairy cow from Canada.
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CHICAGO -- Elk like to eat. Elk like to eat a lot.
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Outdoorsmen will be asked this spring whether the state should set a hunting season for timber wolves, whose numbers are rebounding here even though the species is endangered in most other states.
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The new video game "WolfQuest" allows players to follow the call of the wild in the role of a wolf in Yellowstone National Park.
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By Mark Taylor  mark.taylor@roanoke.com 981-3395  A few months ago a friend who lives in Montana dangled a tempting carrot in front of me.  He invited me to join him in September on a backcountry bow hunt for elk in Western Montana.
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CALGARY, Alberta - A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America.
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By Derek Kravitz, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 18--SEYMOUR, Texas -- Robert T. Bakker picks out a 275 million-year-old tooth from the red-colored dirt on this massive northwest Texas ranch, examines it with a trained eye and promptly sticks it in his mouth.
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WASHINGTON Nov 25, 2004 - Big game hunters may be off the hook in the latest twist of a prehistoric whodunit that tries to explain why bison populations sharply crashed thousands of years ago.