Wildlife

Oil production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge came a step closer this week when a Senate committee cleared the way for a floor vote. Hunters, anglers, and Native Americans who subsist on the refuge's caribou herd say the change…

The U.S. Secretary of the Interior is planning to expand recreational gun shooting on public lands. Five Arizona shooters look at the expansion idea from their unique perspectives.

A public-private agreement that seemed to satisfy everyone except the energy industry is crumbling. The Bureau of Land Management’s decision to back out of the agreement appears to be tailor made to “blow up years of planning and…

Split-second decisions can result in a year’s worth of venison – or a season of regret. Montanan Darby Smith says her father got some of each this year. She wrote this piece during the state’s deer season, which ended…

How do you handle a duck-eating otter? In East Texas, Kelley Snowden comes to terms with conflicts – both internal and neighborly – on how to deal with wild predators that don't respect property lines.

With the economy of print journalism shifting, small-town editors continue to fill the niche of reporting and “verifying” the news, all the while living alongside the people they cover. Julianne Couch reports on the delicate balance for two…

How do you restore an impaired stream? In Eastern Iowa, conservationists and farmers are enlisting the appetites of thousands of local mollusks.

Wiser than elves, quieter than reindeer, Christmas owls make for wide eyes at a holiday gathering in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Merry Christmas to all!

An ancient episode of March, sandhill cranes move from their winter home in Texas northward, stopping over at the Platte River in Nebraska for "spring break."