Colorado Parks and Wildlife have released five endangered gray wolves onto public land in Grand County as a part of the state’s voter-mandated reintroduction plan. The predators, including two juvenile females, two males and one adult male, were released yesterday. They had been captured in Oregon and came from Oregon’s Five Points Pack, Noregaard Pack […]
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Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions
DENVER, Colo. (AP) – Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don’t want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state. The most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades […]
Scientists Warn American ‘Promotion of Hunting’ Is Ruining the Environment
Scientists have warned that a strong focus on hunting—instead of rewilding key species—is “reinforcing” biodiversity loss. Parts of the U.S. are currently facing a biodiversity crisis for a variety of reasons including habitat degradation, invasive species, and climate change. A new study published in the journal BioScience reported that state agencies are taking “the provisioning […]
The first dog-fox hybrid points to the growing risk to wild animals of domestic species
Next time you see a fox when out walking with your dog, pause for a moment and ponder their relatedness. Dogs and foxes are distinct but distantly related canine species. Until recently, scientists thought it was impossible for them to breed. However, the discovery of a dog-fox hybrid in Brazil suggests that “The Fox and […]
Saber-Tooth Cats and Dire Wolves Suffered from Osteochondrosis, New Study Shows
Skeletal disease may hamper the behavior of large predators both living and extinct. In new research, paleontologists from Evidensia Academy and the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum investigated the prevalence of osteochondrosis dissecans, a developmental bone disease affecting the joints, in two Ice Age predators: the saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) and the dire wolf […]
Breaking: New threats to grizzlies, wolves and Endangered Species Act emerge in Congress
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources voted in favor of six bills and resolutions that threaten to remove protections from grizzly bears and gray wolves and weaken the Endangered Species Act. This “grab bag” of danger includes: The Trust the Science Act, H.R. 764, would remove Endangered Species Act protection for […]
New Study Finds Surprising Way Animals Can Help Save the Planet from Climate Change
A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change shows that animals could be a crucial ally in our fight against climate change. As we increasingly turn towards natural climate solutions, such as reforestation and grassland restoration, to sequester carbon, we may overlook the benefits of protecting and restoring animal populations to their natural […]
Rewilding animals could be key for climate: Report
When it comes to climate solutions, your first thought may not be the wildebeest. But in the Serengeti, these buffalo-looking antelopes are the key to carbon capture. Wildebeest eat large amounts of grass and recycle it back into the soil as dung. So when their population plummeted in the early 1900s due to a disease […]