Wildlife

A Durango woman who lives in the Junction Creek area northwest of downtown Durango awoke last week to the sounds of a bear trapped inside her SUV, wreaking havoc. Around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday,...

The use of DDT pesticides during the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s nearly wiped the American peregrine falcon off the map. The birds of prey were critically endangered by 1975, with an estimated 324 nesting...

Conversations have reignited over whether the city of Durango should allow electric fencing within town limits after a bear broke into a high-end chicken coop, killing six chickens. “It’s been the...

Wolfwood Refuge, a state- and federally-licensed rescue facility for wolves and wolf-dog hybrids, will visit Durango 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Three Springs Plaza, 175 Mercado St. Two...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has opened its Wildlife Museum for summer operations. The museum is co-located with Durango Fish Hatchery at 151 E. 16th St. Visiting hours for the museum and fish...

A black bear mauled the inside of a small SUV early Wednesday in the Forest Lakes subdivision, likely a temper tantrum after it got locked inside the vehicle. Kourtney Anderson, 17, said she was...

A Dove Creek farmer was reimbursed more than $26,500 on Friday after a herd of elk last summer destroyed his cornfield, resulting in a complete loss of crops. The money comes from a Colorado Parks...

DENVER – The herd of outdoors people who testified in favor of letting the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife take more of their money will have to regroup and try again next year. House Bill...

DENVER – Hikers, bikers, rafters and everyone else who enjoys Colorado’s wild areas and the animals that inhabit them may be asked in the future to put their money where their recreation is. House...

The water is rising and time is running out for a mother goose and her unhatched eggs precariously placed on an island in the middle of the Animas River. From atop the pedestrian bridge near Rotary...