Arizona is constantly facing significant challenges in managing invasive species, which are often aided by climate change. Invasive plants like buffelgrass, stinknet, and salt cedar outcompete native ...

REXBURG, Idaho — It has taken Idaho Fish and Game several months, but 82 mule deer have been removed from a high-fenced captive elk facility near Rexburg, the agency announced. Idaho Fish and Game ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Local food banks are receiving a significant protein boost thanks to a joint effort between Idaho Fish and Game and the Idaho State Department of Agriculture to protect ...

The Utah Legislature passed a law in 2023 that allows year-round cougar hunting with fewer licensing requirements. Two years later, data suggests cougars are declining at a dangerous rate, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Local guide Ben Myhre and his son Chase with a mule deer buck taken on Catalina Island. Hunters and non-hunters alike are opposing ...

An animal protection group has slammed a California wildlife-approved plan to eradicate mule deer from Santa Catalina Island, calling it “state-sanctioned slaughter.” In Defense of Animals, an ...

A collared mule deer bounds away from biologists after capture in the Red Desert. She is part of a long-term University of Wyoming study that revealed how migration provides reproductive and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On Friday, the California Fish and Wildlife Department approved a permit that allows all of Catalina Island’s mule ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

The group that manages Catalina Island’s wildlife has submitted a plan to kill some 2000 of the area’s iconic mule deer — prompting howls of protest from animal lovers. The culling could take place ...

It was dark as a tomb as I slipped through the sagebrush and down a steep slope, my flashlight slicing through the black. The moon and stars were smothered by low, scudding clouds. Snow was in the air ...