RENO, Nev. — A coalition of wildlife advocates has submitted a petition to the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, urging changes to the state's trapping regulations to better protect mountain ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime wildlife biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife has been named the agency’s new director after the last one was forced out in part because of ongoing disputes ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Department of Wildlife is looking for two individuals who illegally released about 25 turkeys onto the Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area, which is about 100 miles ...

As an avid big-game hunter in Nevada, I have spent countless hours in the wilderness — tracking game, studying migration patterns and admiring the beauty of our state’s diverse basin and range ...

Is Nevada effectively a private hunting ranch? Statute calls for public wildlife management benefiting all Nevadans and to protect and perpetuate wildlife for future generations. Ignoring these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hounding is cruel not only to bears, but to the packs of dogs in pursuit. (Photo courtesy Humane World for Animals/Bill Lea) ...

CARSON CITY — In the shadow of the snowcapped Sierra Nevada, conservation activists and Democratic legislative leaders gathered in front of the Nevada Legislature to pledge to protect the environment.

The verdict is in. The latest wildlife mystery in Nevada has been solved. Scientists who set out on a trail through the snow near the Idaho line to gather evidence like detectives in search of a ...

The lawsuit challenges Wildlife Services’ expansion of aerial gunning, poisoning, trapping, and shooting of foxes, bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, beavers, badgers, rabbits, raccoons, ravens, and ...

A few months from now, government agents with drones will descend on Southern Nevada to spy on the locals.Luckily, mule deer and bighorn sheep don't carry ACLU cards.The U.S. Geological Survey started ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coyote-killing contests have been banned in California and Arizona, but Nevada competitions are routinely organized and advertised ...

A multi-year effort by conservationists and others to ban what they say is the wanton slaughter of coyotes for cash and prizes has morphed into a movement to end the debate by licensing wildlife ...