Recovery: Hope for Black-Footed Ferrets, One of Our Most Endangered Mammals

Recovery of black-footed ferrets seemed unlikely. Many environmentalists, including writer Ted Williams, considered the captive breeding program doomed. Thirty years later, Williams rethinks the situation for one of our most endangered animals.

Ted Williams

Zumwalt Prairie: Mountain Lions, Mountain Quail & More

Camera Trap Chronicles heads to northeastern Oregon's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve for a "backstage pass" to the lives of big predators, cool birds, roaming herds and more.

Matthew L. Miller

Field Notes: A Bison Herd Without Raging Bulls?

Does removing the oldest, most dominant bulls from a bison population affect breeding and herd behavior? It's the latest chapter in the extensive research of these animals at Ordway Prairie.

Matthew L. Miller

Bison Bellows and Bones: Student-Scientists on the Prairie

Bison fighting and urinating on themselves? It's just another day at the office for student researchers on TNC's Ordway Prairie.

Matthew L. Miller