Wildlife

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is calling on ice fishing enthusiasts to take care after a rash of fatalities involving recreational vehicles.

The Milwaukee County Zoo is closing its aviary for “the foreseeable future” as a precaution against highly contagious avian flu, the zoo announced Thursday.

Wisconsin U.S. House Rep. Tom Tiffany and GOP lawmakers have reintroduced a bill to remove federal protections for gray wolves across most of the country.

Wisconsin hunters will have a chance to hunt more bears this year after the harvest rebounded last fall, exceeding the state’s quota.

Wisconsin’s largest study on deer and chronic wasting disease shows the deadly disease substantially reduces deer survival and population growth, especially where it’s most widespread.

A committee studying management of the state’s growing sandhill crane population is recommending a bill that would allow hunting the birds and provide aid for corn growers experiencing damage from them.

State environmental regulators are proposing permit changes to reduce or avoid killing rare cave bats that may be affected by wind energy projects.

Wisconsin hunters bagged 5 percent more deer during the nine-day gun deer season compared to last year, capping off the safest hunt in 40 years.

Wisconsin hunters are seeing a slow start to the state’s nine-day gun deer season compared to last year.

As of Friday morning, hunters had purchased 302,988 gun licenses out of 661,333 licenses sold so far this year, according to the Wisconsin DNR.