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The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo sign

Elephants can’t pursue their release from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo because they’re not human, court says

By The Associated Press

Two bighorn sheep up on some stones on a hill side

Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep. Advocates say feds left them ‘high and dry’ on the issue

By Rocky Mountain PBS

A wolf sprints out of a gray metal crate

Colorado is releasing more wolves. Here’s what we know

A gray wolf runs from a kennel into the wild with humans looking on behind it.

Colorado wildlife officials won’t pause wolf reintroductions despite protests from ranchers

A gray and black collared dove walks on a pole

Collared dove die-off in Otero County linked to avian virus

By Andrea Chalfin

A bald eagle perches on a tree branch in Washington Park

Government and Politics

It’s bald eagle season, here are tips to see the birds in Colorado

By Michelle P. Fulcher

City Park Canada Geese Cull

Colorado Wonders

Yes, Denver successfully cut its goose population by feeding families in need

A coyote stands in a field facing the camera

Colorado Parks and Wildlife catches coyote suspected of attacking Colorado Springs girl on Thanksgiving

By Andrea Chalfin

APTOPIX Congress COVID Relief Bill

Government and Politics

Congress approves annual defense policy bill with provisions that both please and disappoint Colorado’s delegation

Goats roam hills in Jefferson County

Fire mitigation goats are back in action – this time at Lockheed Martin Waterton Campus

The Denver skyline forms a backdrop for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge

Government and Politics

Colorado only thinks of bison as livestock. A new bill could mean new protections for their wild counterparts

By Kiara DeMare

A close-up of a pheasant standing in green grass. The game bird is various shades of brown with some light redish feathers around its neck and black tail feathers. It is about the size of a chicken.

You can raise chickens in your backyard in parts of Colorado, but what about pheasants?

Canada Lynx

Canada lynx proposed for new habitat protections in Colorado, New Mexico Rockies

By The Associated Press

A gray wolf walks through a green mountain meadow

Wildlife advocates are offering a $50,000 bounty to help catch wolf poachers

Along Highway 133 near Redtsone

How a second Trump administration might reverse drilling and energy restrictions on public lands in Colorado

By Ishan Thakore

Antonia the cloned black-footed ferret pops up through a hole in the floor of her enclosure and she looks at something just past the camera.

Endangered cloned ferret gives birth, in a first for conservation

By Ishan Thakore

California Mountain Lion Attack

Ban on mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting defeated

By Ishan Thakore

MOUNTAIN LION

In big cat ballot measure, a divide that sees hunting as a foundation of wildlife management or a brutal relic

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