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Opinion: As Colorado works toward renewable energy goals, responsible siting means recognizing wildlife impacts

by Severiano DeSoto 1:30 AM MST on Dec 9, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A cartoon landscape at night. There is an elk's head at the bottom of the image, looking toward a vehicle driving toward it. On either side of the road are drawings of all kinds of Colorado wildlife, with thought bubbles that read "I'm gonna cross now!" The moon over the mountains has a shocked face.

Another thing to hate about the fall time change: car-animal collisions

by Peter Moore 3:16 AM MST on Dec 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Chirp one out for the pika: Climate change is destabilizing previously perfect Rocky Mountain habitat

by Michael Booth 4:08 AM MST on Dec 4, 202510:35 AM MST on Dec 10, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Crime and Courts

4 elk and a bighorn sheep were shot illegally. Enter Colorado’s relentless wildlife investigators.

by Tracy Ross 3:40 AM MST on Nov 21, 20258:19 AM MST on Nov 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Blue silhouette of a wolf's head centered in a crosshair, surrounded by four red corner brackets on a white gradient background.

A Colorado doctor wanted the facts on wolf reintroduction. So he created a watchdog group on Facebook.

by Tracy Ross 3:46 AM MST on Nov 9, 20258:00 AM MST on Nov 11, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A moose is standing at the edge of a pond, lowering its head to drink water, with dense green vegetation in the background.

A moose fell off a cliff into Boulder Canyon. Wildlife officials authorized State Patrol to kill it.

by Tracy Ross 4:00 AM MDT on Sep 19, 202512:21 PM MDT on Sep 19, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Silhouette of a beaver sitting in water with a background of blue and teal waves.

Are beavers a nuisance or a necessity? Colorado wildlife officials are wading into the debate.

by Nancy Lofholm 3:30 AM MDT on Aug 24, 20251:36 PM MDT on Aug 28, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Two moose fighting in the field.

Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries — unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions

by The Conversation 3:45 AM MDT on Aug 12, 202511:07 AM MST on Dec 1, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

Two people ride their bikes over a concrete bridge toward Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. There are mountains in the distance and the sides of the bridge are protected by high metal fencing.

Open space vs. safety: The debate goes nuclear at eager-to-please Rocky Flats

by Michael Booth 3:30 AM MDT on Aug 10, 202512:28 PM MDT on Oct 17, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun

A tom wild turkey stands in a field of bluebonnet flowers. The bird has a red wattle and its face around its eye is pale blue. The male bird's plumage is on display, including buff-colored feathers on the tale that help identify it as a Rio Grande wild turkey.

Once-scarce wild turkeys show up en masse in northern Colorado — and their neighbors have stories

by Dan England 4:01 AM MDT on Jul 9, 2025 Why you can trust The Colorado Sun