Historically a federal day of service with free entry to national parks, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no longer a free-access day. Oh, and neither is Juneteenth.

UM climate professor makes space for both in his college classroom, finds humor can be an effective teaching tool ...

Roughly 4,000 landowners control two-thirds of the private land in the state. A recent study highlights what that means for ...

Yellowstone National Park officials are asking for public input to weigh plans to rebuild the park’s North Entrance Road, a ...

Study shows that partisan misperceptions about opponents may lead to conflict, even when consensus is possible ...

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Two yearlings look up from playing on a fall 2024 day in Greater Yellowstone. The moose abuse case in southwest Wyoming is conjuring up a negative image of the state as it grapples with another animal ...

The sun was low and this Canada lynx moved through the shadows as he approached the shore of a frozen lake in southern Yukon. Its cousin, the Eurasian lynx, vanished from Great Britain about 1,300 ...

A mountain lion turns to the author’s camera. Many of MacNeil Lyons’ 35 cougar sightings have come in winter when it’s easier to track pawprints and see mountain lion sign. Shadow cat, mountain lion, ...

Snow piles up along the Gallatin River. Come spring, melting runoff will swell surface waters and seep into groundwater, recharging the aquifer. However, dwindling snowpacks due to climate change make ...

In its inaugural year, the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, a component of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress in 2021, funded 19 projects in 17 states to help safeguard motorists ...