Recent Wildlife Articles

The numbers coming out of the American West this spring are hard to ignore. Snowpack levels have cratered to historic lows, drought is spreading across the region, and the people who study fish and wildlife for a living are using words like "historic" and "abysmal" to describe what they're seeing.

There's a moment every hiker dreads — that feeling of being watched from the rocks above. In mountain lion country, that instinct isn't paranoia. It's biology. And across the American West, wildlife managers are working around the clock to make sure those encounters stay rare, and when they happen,

The Worst Snowpack on Record Is Reshaping Everything Anglers Know About Colorado Trout Season There's a moment every spring when the rivers in Colorado start to wake up. The ice pulls back from the banks, the bugs begin to hatch, and the trout that spent the winter sluggish in deep pools start mov

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is heading into 2027 with significantly fewer resources — and that means fewer fish in the water, fewer pheasants in the fields, and less money for the habitat work that keeps hunting and fishing worth doing in the first place. The agency is dealing

A federal judge has put the brakes on off-roading at one of California's most iconic recreational destinations, and thousands of families are now scrambling to adjust their plans. U.S. District Court Judge Anne Hwang issued a ruling last week banning off-highway vehicles from Oceano Dunes State

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A One-Buck Limit, Shorter Seasons, and a Shifting Landscape for the Great Lakes State The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has put forward one of the most significant overhauls to the state's deer hunting regulations in recent memory, and hunters across the state are paying close attention

The 2026 Wisconsin fishing season is shaping up to be one of the more significant in recent memory, with the state's Department of Natural Resources rolling out earlier start dates, updated regulations, and changes designed to put more anglers on the water with more opportunities to catch fish. Whe

Missouri hunters got some welcome news and a familiar dose of caution in the same breath this spring, as the state Conservation Commission signed off on a set of changes to the 2026 hunting seasons that reflect two very different wildlife management realities playing out across the Show-Me State.

For decades, hunters have been the backbone of wildlife conservation in America — funding it, practicing it, and living it. Now, the National Park Service is making it official and asking skilled hunters to step up and do what they do best inside two federally managed properties where invasive spec