“De-extinction” is a fool’s errand
To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the…
MoreWhat westerners cared about in 2024
Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns…
MoreGrizzly 399 was a bear for the ages
She was 28 years old and dealt with aplomb the hordes of picture-taking tourists and repeated motherhood. When she was…
Bear 399 with cubs Thomas Mangelsen:Images of Nature Gallery
MoreWe need mountain lions to do their job as predators
I am a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and have hunted practically as long as I…
More40 years of living with wolves
Biologist Diane K. Boyd has had a front-row seat to 40 years of wolf recovery in the West, but her…
MoreMountain bikers push to ride through wilderness
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed…” —…
Denali Wilderness, Alaska, courtesy Wilderness Watch
MoreHunting is a valuable tool in managing lions
Asking the public to decide if it’s a good idea to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats is no way…
Mountain lion, courtesy Writers on the Range
MoreBobcats need protection, not killing for their pelts
Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re…
Bobcat caught in a trap, photo courtesy of Animal Wellness Action
MoreIn Wyoming, tormenting a wolf is not a big deal
It’s legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes and run over them with snowmobiles, but recently, a man used his snowmobile…
MoreAn invitation to play the climate-change game
Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting…
Dead Horse State Park, Moab, Utah, Andres Haro, Unsplash
MoreFreed wolves move into their old niche
What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December…
Morea warning from the snowbirds
No, this isn’t about those folks who spend their winters in Arizona or Florida. The snowbird behind this warning is…
Cristina Glebova; courtesy Unsplash
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