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KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife: 6000 Fish Found Dead In Lake Barkley, Not Uncommon

A fish kill of roughly 6,000 near on Lake Barkley late last week isn’t necessarily an uncommon occurrence according to the KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife…

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says in nature, the weaker animals are usually the ones killed by predators. That changes when cars are involved: "Roadkill is not only eliminating animals, it's in many cases eliminating those healthy animals that populations need to remain strong,"

Cars are a major predator for wildlife. How is nature adapting to our roads?

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says cars are killing animals, while highways cut off them off from their food sources and migration paths. His new book is Crossings.

Oh, The Wildlife You'll See Along the Trails at Pennyrile State Resort Park

Memorial Day weekend marked the opening of Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park's season for special events for not only Park guests, but also day visitors…

Traffic Shift Expected on Highway

By Angela HattonCanton, KY – Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have announced a traffic shift on US 68/80 Tuesday in Trigg County.…

Controlled Burns Cause Smoky Conditions

By Angela HattonMurray, KY – The air in the Land Between the Lakes and to its south-east is a bit smoky today. The Calloway County Sheriff's Department…

A wildlife rehab center has seen a record number of eagles as their population grows

American eagles have made a remarkable recovery from their low numbers in the 1960s. Now, there are so many, that they compete for habitat with humans and get hurt.

Sage Grouse Does Not Need Protection, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Says

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday the greater sage grouse does not need protections under the Endangered Species Act. The move is being celebrated by Western states and industry stakeholders because they say a listing would cost them billions of dollars in economic activity. But some environmental groups say the bird should be listed as endangered, and they plan to file lawsuits.

The Nature Conservancy manages about 250,000 acres in Central Appalachia.

Tennessee to protect songbirds, elk and other wildlife habitat in state's largest-ever conservation deal

The Nature Conservancy recently struck a deal with the state of Tennessee to permanently protect an area in the central Appalachian Mountains that contains hardwood forests housing migratory songbirds, a small population of reintroduced elk and about 180 miles of streams.

Hunter Hollingsworth, at his family’s Benton County property, successfully sued the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Appeals court: TN Wildlife officers’ warrantless searches of private property are unconstitutional

In a blistering and unanimous opinion, the judges called TWRA’s legal defense of its tactics a “disturbing assertion of power on behalf of government”

Jennifer Hadley's overall winning photo of a 3-month-old cub tumbling out of a tree.

We're not lion: The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are a good laugh

Jennifer Hadley claimed the top prize for her photo of a 3-month-old lion cub tumbling out of a tree in the Serengeti region of Tanzania.

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