Wildlife & Animals

'Cute and charismatic' pikas live in isolated habitats like Utah’s La Sal Mountains. They’re built for the cold, and new research suggests warming temperatures are putting them at risk.

“There's just something about this wiener dog race that just produces so much endorphins,” said race co-founder and announcer Brad Wheeler.

Colorado's capital city has managed two conservation herds of bison in its mountain parks since 1914. Six years ago, it started donating them to tribes rather than auctioning extras off to ranchers.

Porsche Lane, the pygmy goat, became the focus of a lawsuit over constitutional rights when her owner was told she couldn't keep the goat at home.

The contentious highway would run through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George, a landscape that’s home to the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

A 2020 law requires the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to reduce the number of predators when big game populations are low. Conservationists, along with some hunters and outdoorsmen, are upset with the study.

The mountain goats took some time to warm up to their new neighbors, but now they’re getting along — and one even had a kid.

There’s been a noticeable lack of snow in northern Utah to start the winter season. But in the short term, Utah’s wildlife is taking advantage of the milder temperatures.

The great horned owl was partially covered in concrete. Sanctuary workers removed the concrete after several grooming sessions. Its feathers are frayed, but the bird is expected to be released in late spring or early summer of next year.

A pending deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 buffalo on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.

Drought and steady demand along the Colorado River are draining the nation's second-largest reservoir. Land that was once submerged is now full of beavers and thriving ecosystems.

The Utah Investigative Journalism Project obtained a 160-page investigative report into Wade Lemon by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The report details allegations of illegal and unethical conduct going back more than a decade.