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Critiquing the Emperor in Grizzly Country
May 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Biologist David Mattson remembered for career of iconoclastic science on predators.
Read MoreMontana's Nighttime Sky Hunters Under Watch
May 16, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Nighthawks and poorwills are nocturnal birds whose populations are cratering. Now, citizen scientists are joining Montana Audubon and FWP to track the decline of these two aerial insectivores.
Read MoreESA's ‘Harm’: What’s In a Word?
May 15, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
FWS proposes dropping ‘harm’ from Endangered Species Act regulations to speed up economic development on critical habitat.
Read MorePutting the Heat on Charismatic Microfauna
May 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A Yellowstone beetle’s secret for withstanding scalding thermal pools could revolutionize human insulation.
Read MorePeeling Back the Science of Grizzlies’ Favorite Food
April 30, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, grizzly bears need a calorie-dense diet. That can consist of more than 40,000 moths in a day.
Read MoreElk in Crazy Mountains Test Negative for Brucellosis, Easing Livestock Concerns
March 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Agency and
state officials complete latest surveillance effort in Montana's ongoing battle
against wildlife-livestock disease.
‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout
February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.
Read MoreA Microdose of Hope
January 29, 2025 // OPINION: Column
In a time in American history when we can feel confused, helpless
and alone, remember the butterfly.
Fighting for Survival
January 14, 2025 // NEWS: Analysis
At a charged time for grizzly bears, MoJo takes you inside the complex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to keep grizzlies on the endangered species list.
Read MoreFWS: Grizzly Bears to Remain Protected Under Endangered Species Act
January 8, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The agency rejected state petitions for local management, creating a single recovery area for grizzlies in the Lower 48.
The Daunting Challenges Facing Canada Lynx
January 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As a warming climate grips North America, the lynx remains
threatened in the Lower 48. It could get worse.
The Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution
September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History
Rosalie
Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone
ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?
Read MoreBLM Amends Management Plans for Sage-Grouse Habitat
September 12, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
Mounting concerns
over population numbers prompt reevaluation of protections across 10 western
states.
Are Toxic Agrichemicals Forcing Rapid Evolution in Yellowstone Elk?
June 14, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
New
research suggests hazardous chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers used in
farming, more so than wolves, contributed to a decline in Greater Yellowstone elk
and other ruminants.