Wildlife

Depending on where you live or travel in Colorado, wildlife encounters here are fairly common.

If you happen to drive through Yellowstone National Park at any point in your life, you need to know there is a certain lane designated to you by the bison. For them, it's the middle of the road. For you, it's the shoulder as one recent driver through the park found out.

Everyone has their own way of finding some peace and quiet. For you, it might be a mellow walk down on the Platte River Trails. For me, it's watching a Montana driver get stopped dead in their tracks by hundreds of elk.

If you visit Yellowstone National Park now, you'll find feeding bears solidly in the "don't" column. But, there was an era many years ago when people were not only allowed to feed bears in Yellowstone, the practice was sort of encouraged.

When you go hunting, you hope you'll run into a big buck. You also understand that seeing a mountain lion is a possibility. It's not common though to see both animals in a mortal battle which is what some Colorado hunters witnessed recently.

When you live in our part of western America, you never know what might be lurking outside in the dark. One family's doorbell camera video showed that a family of mountain lions was prowling outside.

A 500-pound elk was rescued from a West Loveland pool over the weekend.

Animal control officers recently rescued a ringtail cat from a home in Evergreen, Colorado.

This man planned to have a calm walk at night. It almost worked until his stroll included a monster moose who was blocking his path and would not move.

I have to admit that I don't know a lot about lynx. I am certain they are cats and they're pretty. Based on a new video shared by a woman who had two lynx in her backyard, I now know they're not easily intimidated.