Wildlife

Stories about the bears, wolves, elk, bison and countless other species that make the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem extraordinary. Wildlife behavior, human-wildlife conflict, conservation biology and the ethical questions surrounding our relationship with wild animals.

January 5, 2026
A Jackson Hole wildlife photographer is challenging the ethics of photographing mountain lions—and offering a better way forward Words &…
December 14, 2025
By Madison Dapcevich Historic and devastating, the 2011 floods tore through the Musselshell River in central Montana, forever transforming the…
June 16, 2025
Yellowstone wolf reintroduction—30 years later. BY SOPHIE TSAIRIS Editor's Note: On Jan. 12, 1995, paws in shades of gray pressed…
December 4, 2024
Looking back 25, 50, and 100 years in the Greater Yellowstone area. BY FISCHER GENAU One hundred years ago in…
December 4, 2024
Two ranchers in Montana embrace predator-friendly ranching. BY TAYLOR OWENS To the naked eye, Thirteen Mile Farm might look like…
December 4, 2024
After a catastrophic failure of the St. Mary Siphon dried up northern Montana’s Milk River, the 18,000 people and 700…
December 4, 2024
Profiling area conservation nonprofits. BY MIRA BRODY In the summer of 2015, a coalition of residents and landowners in Paradise…
June 18, 2024
Exploring the region’s history with conservation. BY TAYLOR OWENS Conservation work in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has a storied past…
June 18, 2024
Rep. Ryan Zinke on the outdoor experience. BY MIRA BRODY Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke believes there are two groups within…
June 18, 2024
BY JULIA BARTON The spectral howl of a gray wolf is one of the most distinctive sounds of the American…