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Grand Canyon Officials Testing Animals for PlagueBetween the height of the Grand Canyon and the temperatures in Arizona, it is the ideal breeding location for the fleas that carry the disease, which ...
Nature, food, landscape, travel/Getty Images The Grand Canyon wants travelers to stop leaving so-called “love locks” on fencing in the park, warning the trend endangers animals.
Updated: Nov 11, 2021 / 01:32 PM MST In this photo provided by Grand Canyon National Park, an adult bison roams near a corral at the North Rim of the park in Arizona, on Aug. 30, 2021.
Last week, National Park Service wildlife managers arranged for 58 bison at the Grand Canyon North Rim to be sent to the Intertribal Buffalo Council in South Dakota, the agency said in a press ...
Despite posted warnings, objects are thrown into the canyon every day, staff said. Last year, TikTok influencer Katie Sigmond was fined $285 for lobbing a golf ball into the Grand Canyon, per the ...
Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days. The 600-pound (273-kilogram) ...
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion.
Over the years, Grand Canyon National Park visitors have been observed throwing various objects from the rim, including coins and keys from padlocks left behind as "love locks" on the fencing.
A gray wolf hadn't been seen in the Grand Canyon area since the 1940s. The predator once roamed much of North America, but was hunted nearly to extinction by the mid-20th century.
If approached by wildlife, especially animals that seem aggressive, visitors should report it to the nearest park employee, Shedlowski said, or call 911 if the encounter begins to turn dangerous.
An animal spotted at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon this month could be the first federally protected gray wolf seen in the area in years, wildlife officials said Thursday.