Tag: Wyoming

December 6, 2019

Watch: Moose spar in Wyoming

Male moose have a special way of establishing a pecking order when encountering one another in the wild without too much undue violence, despite their brawn.  Moose (Alces alces) lock...

November 12, 2019

Wandering Wyoming lone wolf enters Colorado

A wolf biologists tracked for the past year wandering throughout Wyoming seems to have crossed an open hunting zone to a new home in Colorado. About a year ago, the...

August 20, 2019

Wildlife Services to review predator management methods in Wyoming

Under the terms of a recent court settlement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services agreed to conduct an environmental analysis of its predator damage management activities on federal lands...

July 31, 2019

Wyoming to build two wildlife underpasses

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission plans to spend $1.25 million to build two wildlife underpasses in western Wyoming on Highway 189. Commission officials say the stretch of highway sees...

May 31, 2019

Watch: Mule deer use wildlife underpass in Wyoming

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are making use of a new underpass designed to reduce the danger of wildlife strikes in Sublette County, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Transportation built two...

April 22, 2019

For moose, hunger is fiercer than wolves

As winter sets in and the need for food grows, Wyoming moose (Alces americanus) are more likely to hold their ground when wolves (Canis lupus) approach. In a study published...

February 11, 2019

JWM: Usually adaptive, elk avoid beetle-killed forests

When fire or logging comes to a forest, elk (Cervus canadensis) can usually adapt, but looking at forests in the Rockies, researchers found that elk avoid areas that have been...

December 17, 2018

Migration corridors follow food, avoid human disturbance

Looking across the Wyoming landscape, it might seem like mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) could pick just about anywhere to cross between the high country, where they spend the summer, to...

October 17, 2018

TWS Chapter meetings in November

Sections, Chapters, and Working Groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled during the month of November: November 6-8, 2018:...

August 14, 2018

Exhibit highlights golden eagle and its landscape

Compared to the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) seems to get overlooked. And compared to the peaks and parks of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, so does...