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Bear biologists concerned about famous grizzly's diet
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Bear biologist Mike Boyce was staked out on a road in south of Wilson for much of the day on Nov. 17 keeping tabs on five grizzly bears that were napping, playing and feeding on a deer carcass. "They devoured it in just a m...
New Grand Teton science chief followed unconventional path
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Gus Smith was walking his German shorthair not far from his Moose home one Saturday in late May when euphoria flew by in a flock. Fellow birders would best appreciate his experience. Out on foot near the Chapel of T...
Black bear rescued as cub released back into Wyoming woods
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — When Taz McBride first laid eyes on "Hissy" he was up close with the tiny black bear in his grandmother's Melody Ranch backyard. Hissy wasn't exactly menacing, as far as black bears go. The gaunt, housecat-size animal appeared t...
Still not known whether Grand Teton rock crack is dangerous
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Simeon Caskey stood beneath the steep, boulder-strewn slope that looms over Hidden Falls, pointing out a rock wall with an ominous crack a few hundred feet (91 meters) overhead. The Grand Teton National Park ranger, who leads t...
Biologists intervene to keep swans alive in Yellowstone
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A trio of sprightly two-day-old cygnets hears their new foster parents calling nearby. Instinctively, the young, captive-raised swans jump off a platform and paddle into the chilly waters of Yellowstone National Park's Grebe L...
Grand Teton National Park tries to understand crafty foxes
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — John Stephenson stood atop a boulder in a steep talus field high above Jenny Lake, turning a VHF tracking antenna from side to side. To a layman the fuzzy beeps that bounced back sounded like a whole lot of nothing. To the G...
Diving to Yellowstone Lake's underwater world
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP, posted Sept. 14, 2016) — Ocean explorer Dave Lovalvo's underwater robot Yogi, custom made to probe the depths of Yellowstone Lake, gives him a fancy new tool to find something. "Something" being the operative word. What it w...