Gray wolves and cougars are not only iconic to the Yellowstone National Park landscape, but they also play important roles in the overall health of the ecosystem. With both being apex predators, ...

Letter writers respond to stories they read in the R-G and endorse a candidate for commissioner in this week's letters.

When a single mountain lion killed 23 sheep in one night on Scott Chew's ranch near Jensen, Utah, it wasn't just another livestock loss. For the fourth-generation rancher and state representative, it ...

In Yellowstone’s wild chess match between wolves and cougars, it turns out the real power play is theft. After tracking nearly a decade of GPS data and thousands of kill sites, researchers found that ...

Wildlife advocates have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to repeal two rules the commission adopted several years ago that allowed hunters to harvest more cougars and bears. The ...

Scott Chew, a Utah state representative for Uintah County and fourth generation rancher, keeps records of his sheep killed by cougars. While he suspects the average to be about 15 a year, there was ...