Why Iowa chose the American goldfinch in 1933, a familiar farm-field bird that symbolized endurance, continuity, and everyday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been said that we should shoot for the stars, but sometimes there is value in being realistic as well. Take, for example, ...

Prairie dog advocates in Colorado say coyotes are eating people's pets in Boulder County because prairie dogs are being relocated to make way for development. But officials say the area still has a ...

It's been said that we should shoot for the stars, but sometimes there is value in being realistic as well. Take, for example, this incredibly cute and chubby prairie dog trying—and failing—to jump on ...

People who “massacre” prairie dogs in Colorado should have to pick up the lead-riddled carcasses, says a group calling for more regulation of hunting the rodents. The hunting also leads to other ...

Prairie dogs at the Phoenix Zoo were treated to an early Thanksgiving feast on Monday, November 24 – which they enjoyed chomping on almost as much as the package it came in, footage from the zoo shows ...

Boulder County Parks and Open Space is hosting its annual public meeting on prairie dog management on open space properties from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11. The in-person-only meeting will be held at the Ron ...

The black-footed ferret exhibit at American Prairie’s National Discovery Center in Lewistown, Montana, just opened to the public on Nov. 14. When I went to Montana in September to visit American ...

Prairie dogs are a big part of what makes Colorado special. They’re a native animal we see all the time, and they do a lot of good for our grasslands. They are what we call a “keystone species,” which ...

When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...