wildlife

These cameras use a combination of motion and heat-sensing technology to snap a picture when an animal passes.

The Olympic marmot is endemic to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and have faced threats from climate change and coyote predation.

Mike Garrity writes, "Unfortunately, the governor and delegation appear locked into outdated, unscientific, and unsupported false assumptions that wild Yellowstone bison have transmitted brucellosis to cattle. They have not."

Biologists have been seeing outbreaks of hemorrhagic disease among deer, mainly white-tailed deer, and antelope in spots across the state.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to analyze samples from local rivers to see how much contamination is from wood-processing plants, including the Smurfit-Stone pulp mill site.

Howie Wolke writes, "Roadless wildlands include some of the world’s best wildlife habitats – where rare and threatened species such as grizzly and wolverine thrive – not to mention elk, bighorn sheep and many other species that help to define our Montana way of life."

Conservationists are singing a victory tune after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider protections for the streaked horned lark within one year.

A roadway overpass that will be among the largest of its kind in the world nears completion on I-25 as Trump administration freezes funds that would support such projects.

Black market prices for bear gall bladders and other body parts from the animals can range between $100 to $200 locally and then sell for thousands of dollars in overseas markets, according to Fish and Wildlife.

Mike Garrity writes, "Anyone who drives around the state of Montana right now can see one unassailable truth: our state’ renowned rivers and the prized fish which inhabit them are in big trouble."