Beaver trapping season opened on Dec. 20 and will close on March 31, 2026. A trapper will be allowed to take up to 125 beavers if trapping in several wildlife units. They may use up to 20 traps and ...

Researchers found genetic differences that likely resulted from humans killing aggressive bears, leaving docile individuals ...

A new wildlife overpass in Banff is reducing crashes, protecting animals, and making one of North America’s wildest highways ...

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Penn Vet’s Louise Moncla has tracked H5N1 viruses to better understand the role wild birds play in the current HPAI outbreak ...

Foxes are some of America’s most adaptable and widespread wild mammals. These elusive mammals thrive in a range of environments, from dense forests and open farmland to neighborhoods. They are known ...

Learn how history, culture, and conservation made the plains bison a natural choice as Wyoming’s enduring state animal.

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For centuries, the migrations of massive herds of caribou defined the ecosystem and lifeways of people across the vast North ...

Pets and livestock have long been selected based on traits such as friendliness, diet, and ease of management. But not every animal that could be useful ever got the spotlight.

Harry Longabaugh — better known as the Sundance Kid — is perhaps most famous for his daring bank and train robberies as part ...

A TikTok user learned a painful lesson courtesy of the largest land mammal in North America. A video from Ariela (@ari.ela.k) shows her reaching out of her car window to pet a bison after feeding it.