Asking the public to decide if it’s a good idea to ban hunting mountain lions and bobcats is no way for a state to run its wildlife agency. We all have opinions, but most of us aren’t experts in ...

Andrew Carpenter (“Hunting is a valuable tool in managing lions”) says Coloradans aren’t smart enough to have an opinion about recreational killing of mountain lions or bobcats in nature. It’s too ...

Hunting large carnivores is a contentious issue in wildlife management and conservation. It’s on the ballot in Colorado, where voters will consider Proposition 127, a proposed ban on hunting and ...

Adaptability is the trait that, before all others, allows a species to survive when its environment is changing. At the end of the last Ice Age, grey wolves turned to different prey, allowing them to ...