“This really hurts:” California’s famous mountain lion, P-22, humanely euthanized after likely “vehicle strike” December 17, 2022 P-22, the mountain lion known for roaming Griffith Park in Los Angeles and being photographed with the iconic Hollywood sign, has been euthanized after… Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park to cull non-native mountain goats to protect isolated herd of bighorn sheep February 22, 2022 Grand Teton National Park will resume the controversial practice of killing non-native mountain goats to protect the park’s vulnerable Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep population…. Continue Reading
Washington state’s first wild fishers born in half a century in North Cascades region May 27, 2021 By the mid-1990s fishers were pretty much wiped out in Washington state due to wilderness loss and rampant trapping. By 1998, the cat-sized member… Continue Reading
Volunteer hunters needed to kill bison at Grand Canyon National Park April 29, 2021 It sounds like a bizarre request, but the U.S. National Park Service is looking for a dozen volunteers to kill bison as part of… Continue Reading
Mountain lion baby boom in California stuns researchers September 9, 2020 Biologists have counted 13 mountain lion kittens born this spring and summer to five different mothers in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills,… Continue Reading
Wolf takes on wolverine in fight for dinner in Alaska June 29, 2018 Sometimes you have to sing for your supper. Or in this case, snort and growl. A remote camera in Alaska’s Denali National Park and… Continue Reading
Critter Cam: Mountain lion kittens “chirping” for mom as they feed in California January 30, 2018 For park rangers, the footage is a very good sign. A pair of mountain lion kittens feasting on a deer carcass has been caught… Continue Reading
Urgent call for new bison management plan in Yellowstone August 19, 2015 Only 23 bison were left in Yellowstone National Park in the early 1900’s. That after hunting and development cut down most of the 30… Continue Reading
Baby squirrels saved after fall from nest on White House lawn July 29, 2015 A big city wildlife rehabilitation facility showed this week that big or small, they love them all. On Monday, National Park Service workers found a scurry of… Continue Reading
Amazing photos show healthy family of mountain lions in Santa Monica Mountains March 17, 2015 A female mountain lion and her growing cubs were captured by remote camera as they feasted on a deer carcass in California. The Santa… Continue Reading
