First-time buyers, looking to test drive a new fish enticement, tend to swallow what looks good. Knowing all that and having a product that does actually reel in fish as well as buyers has allowed the Reeves Lure Co. to drop a line in some lucrative waters these last 50 years.

The habitat that was once ideal for elk has aged and led to a dramatic drop in numbers. Predators like gray wolves and, to a lesser extent, black bears and mountain lions, are holding them down.

Investigators say a critically injured homeless man may have been the victim of a mountain lion attack at a Southern California encampment.

Arizona wildlife officials are seeking ideas on how to spend $30,000 in grant money.

Crews get to the deer as quickly as they can, especially if the carcass is in a travel lane and presenting a danger to motorists.

Experts know pneumonia often brings death, but they want to know what combination of bacteria, parasites, habitat, weather or overcrowding makes them susceptible to die-offs.

A central Pennsylvania hunter is cleared of a citation for tracking down a wounded bear and shooting him a day after bear season ended in December.

Authorities are looking for whoever was responsible for the killing of a female mule deer out of season.

New York state environmental officials are warning winter fishing enthusiasts to watch out for thin ice.