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An emaciated lake trout.

Wildlife Management

The Bizarre Rise of Lake Superior’s Deep Water ‘Zombie’ Trout

fitting a gray wolf with a gps collar

Wildlife Management

Wisconsin Will Stock Fewer Fish, Track Fewer Wolves, and Do Less Habitat Work. Budget Problems Are to Blame

A waterfowl production area with a fire crew.

Wildlife Management

The President’s Budget Proposal Slashes BLM Staff, Refuge and Migratory Bird Funding, and Much More

By Christine Peterson

Big Snap Daddy, a giant common snapping turtle in Nebraska

Wildlife Management

Big Snap Daddy, the World’s Largest Snapping Turtle, Has Died. He Had a Good Run

By Natalie Krebs

A black and white illustration of pigeons on a building, a crowd, and a man shooting at the pigeons from a window.

Wildlife Management

After the Courthouse Roof Collapsed Under 6 Tons of Droppings, the Pigeons Had to Go. I Volunteered for the Job

By Jim Carmichel

A photo illustration of two captive deer in the context of oklahoma releasing wild deer.

Wildlife Management

Another Pen-Raised Deer Was Just Released in Oklahoma. Officials Aren’t Exactly Sure Where

Mutilated fish caught on Lake of the Ozarks.

Wildlife Management

‘I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes.’ Live Paddlefish Are Being Mutilated with Obscene Messages and Released Alive in Missouri

Screenshots from a video showing a python regurgitating a bird.

Wildlife Management

This Footage of a Puking Snake Is a Gross Reminder of Why Python Control Is So Important

A composite photo of pen-raised deer and an Oklahoma lawmaker.

Wildlife Management

Oklahoma Is Now Releasing Pen-Raised Deer into the Wild as Part of a Vast CWD Experiment

An Idaho license plate.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Just Made It Much Harder to Get a Lifetime Hunting License After Nonresidents, Influencers Abuse It

By Natalie Krebs

A sketchy illustration of a snake catcher

Wildlife Management

I Quit Fishing for the Addictive Thrill of Hunting Rattlesnakes — and Got Bit

By Dr. C. E. Kuschel

peta member protest animal-based ag in Oregon

Wildlife Management

Podcast: The World of Anti-Hunting and Animal-Rights Activism Is Getting Weirder

By Alex Robinson

A ghost wolf on a beach in Texas.

Wildlife Management

Texas Is Working to Save Its Remaining ‘Ghost Wolves,’ Which Carry Extinct DNA

An Etsy wild fur seller, Maine Wild Harvest Co., who is pulling their business off Etsy.

Wildlife Management

Online Retail Giant Bows to Activists by Banning Fur Sales. It’s Hurting Conservation and American Trappers

By Natalie Krebs

A wolf exits its crate in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

More Than Half of Colorado’s Reintroduced Wolves Are Dead. Can the Program Survive Another Year?

A caribou herd in the Yukon.

Wildlife Management

If Corporations Can Be Considered ‘People,’ Why Not a Caribou Herd?

An aerial view of a wakeboat towing a wakesurfer.

Wildlife Management

Kentucky Wildlife Officials Want to Restrict Wakeboats. State Lawmakers Won’t Let Them

Louisiana Wildlife Enforcement Agent prepares to patrol the Ouachita River

Wildlife Management

Former Head of Louisiana Wildlife Agency Pleads Guilty to ‘Conspiring to Defraud the United States’

An illustration of a game warden riding a horse and facing a poacher with a rifle

Wildlife Management

I Took Down Outlaws, Poachers, and Plenty of Politicians in My 22 Years as Chief Game Warden

By Elliott S. Barker

A big bull elk.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Wildlife Commissioner Charged with Poaching Elk, Trespassing, Says He’ll ‘Voluntarily Postpone’ Duties

By Kris Millgate