Wildlife
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As part of an ongoing research study, biologists with Wyoming Game and Fish are asking Bighorn Basin residents to report sightings of a rare turtle. The spiny softshell turtle is one of the largest turtles in the Bighorn Basin and North America. They have a soft, flat, rubbery outer shell, and females can grow up…
It is tourist time again in Wyoming as people from all across the nation will come to bask in the beauty that is Yellowstone National Park. That also means we will see recurring videos of tourists being too confident and lacking the knowledge of how to act around wild animals. This woman was trying to…
After years of construction, the replacement and restoration project is complete and ready for a better future for the visitors and environment of Yellowstone. Summer 2021 is already destined to be busy in Yellowstone National Park. In addition to the potential for another record-breaking year, park officials are embarking on several significant construction projects. Work…
The tourist season is just now starting to ramp back up again here in the bighorn basin and we all know what that means… People not knowing how to conduct themselves around the majestic wildlife in the park. This is par for the course, but it never gets any less frustrating to us locals to…
A moose in Homer Alaska attempted at finding his new hobby the other day when seen playing soccer on a school field. This moose was pouncing on the ball and it seemed by the end that he may have figured out his technique using the four legs. Maybe there is a future on the pitch…
Multiple fire trucks responded to the fire along the Powell Highway, with high smoke plumes clearly visible from the Powell Highway. The fire started at approximatley 5:00 p.m. near County Road 2Ec, about a mile outside of Cody. Terry Michael with KZMQ captured photos and video of the fire. Firefighters from the Cody Fire Department…
Every heard the saying, “do what you gotta do”? This bear laying down in a families backyard like he’s at the spa exemplifies that saying perfectly. This California family has a pretty interesting story about the bear as well: “We call him Teddy. When he was a cub his mom brought him through with his…
The millions of tourists Yellowstone sees every year could mean millions of dollars for conservation projects in areas – like Cody – adjacent to the park. The University of Wyoming is one of the institutions involved in a new paper published in the scientific journal Conservation Science and Practice – “Harnessing visitors’ enthusiasm for national…
What might be uncommon in most places can be a daily occurrence in Alaska. Even in the biggest city in Alaska, you can still find wildlife roaming the streets as we see here in this video captured in Anchorage. One driver got an up-close view of a moose that happened to be crossing the road. …
Park County is home to a new collaborative fencing experiment that builds harmony between Wyoming’s livestock and wildlife. As part of the ongoing initiative to preserve wildlife and migration routes throughout the state, several agencies in Park County have joined forces to create the Absaroka Fence Initiative – a solution-oriented group of landowners, community members,…