The government moves to make it easier to drill, mine and graze on 50 million acres of land in the West. By Lisa Friedman The Trump administration weakened protections on Monday for the vulnerable ...

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving, and it has actually ...

Up close, the coloration of these feathers are exquisite. This female ruffed grouse approached Bill Danielson within arm's reach and remained very calm. Had she been alarmed, she would have raised the ...

As dawns turn cooler and signals frosty mornings on the way, my English setters are almost as excited as I am. For me the most precious time of the year because it means upland bird season. It’s been ...

Twenty-eight years is a long time to do anything, but that is how long I’ve been writing this column. As long as that might seem, I’ve been paying attention to nature (and specifically birds) for even ...

This Thanksgiving season, we’re teaming up with “Terrestrials” and “Wow in the World” to bring you a buffet of tales about the chicken-stuffed-duck-stuffed- turkey concoction known as turducken! Since ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s ruffed grouse hunting — widely considered the best in the nation — appears to be holding up this fall despite signs of natural population decline for the state’s most popular ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that small game hunting and furbearer trapping seasons for the 2025–26 license year are now open or will open soon across ...

SOMEWHERE UP NORTH, Minn. — Like so many big things, it started small, this fall tradition, a father and son from the Twin Cities area venturing to a friend’s place “Up North” to try their luck at ...