Wildlife

Local musician Andy Straus' newly purchased car was totaled from the impact with a moose.

A bird species called the lesser prairie-chicken once roamed the Great Plains, including parts of Colorado. They once numbered in the millions – but now only an estimated 30,000 of the birds remain. So why did the bird lose its federal protections – and why do bird lovers find the lesser prairie-chicken fascinating?

New research from Colorado State University shows migratory birds like their trips to the city. About half of the hot spots are in major metro areas, including Denver.

With two citizen petitions on the table, a set of stakeholder recommendations and a lot of public opinion, furbearers (species like bobcats, coyotes, beavers and foxes) will take center state at the upcoming Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 4.

A ground-dwelling bird known for its elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains and in Colorado will no longer be federally protected. That's after the Trump administration agreed with three states and the beef and petroleum industries that the lesser prairie chicken was improperly listed under the Endangered Species Act.

An "evening bat" was found with an injured wing. The species mostly lives in the southeast and central parts of the U.S.

Instead of looking to Pennsylvania for a Punxsutawney prediction, Boulderites consult a local marmot.

Species most at risk will be familiar to Coloradans, including the state bird and fish.

Preparations are beginning in Colorado to reintroduce another predator to the wild, and some prominent critics of wolves are behind the effort to bring back the wolverine.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the bald eagle had a ball bearing in its wing when they found it near Croke Reservoir.