The Forest Service released its 201-page Congressional Justification budget statement on June 8. It goes into much greater ...

In the first six months of that year, 19,358 wildfires burned 584,000 acres in the United States. Already in 2025, nearly ...

About Sophie Tsairis Sophie Tsairis is a freelance writer based in Bozeman, Montana. She earned a master's degree in ...

Today, nearly 1,000 grizzly bears inhabit the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including Yellowstone National Park and a ...

Three ticks, confirmed to be of the blacklegged variety and commonly known as deer ticks, were found last year in Dawson and Sheridan counties in eastern Montana. Smaller and darker than the more ...

The White House is considering a draft executive order proposing full suppression of all wildfires and a restructuring of the nation’s wildfire management teams, which has drawn harsh criticism from ...

Filmmaker Ray Paunovich and soundman Kevin Sanders ventured into Yellowstone National Park’s Hayden Valley, accompanied by packhorses laden with expensive camera equipment. It was August 7, 1992, and ...

Shadow cat, mountain lion, cougar, puma, panther, catamount, “Ghost of the Rockies.” As many people will tell you, this stealthy carnivore has eluded many a keen photographer, wildlife researcher and ...

Yellowstone National Park looks different than it did 30 years ago. That much everyone can agree upon. How different? And who or what is responsible for that change? The answer is where scientific ...

The return of wolves to Colorado is the beginning of a story, one that will be written in the coming years. Where the carnivores will disperse, how quickly their numbers will grow, and, crucially, the ...

In the fall of 1879, Philetus W. Norris was hunting on the back side of Bunsen Peak, south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Norris, 57, wore a gray beard and fringed buckskin.

An injured bison stood on the far side of the Firehole River. It was hulking and still, showing flesh wounds on the hind quarters. He appeared to be an older bull, according to our guide Mindy, who ...