Animals

Jim Anderson, down at Grizzly Sports & Grizzly Auto usually joins me Monday mornings around 7 o'clock to talk ammo, guns, & outdoor fun. THIS Monday, Jim is where he loves best..."The Great Bob Marshall Wilderness". Jim Anderson is what Montana is all about. I'll s...

There’s no reason to believe Jon Stewart is anything but really, really cool. He’s a pro at the alphabet game, after all! Although this might be difficult to comprehend, we’ve discovered the funny guy has reached an entirely new level of awesome. And it involves dogs.

Washington's National Zoo is in mourning for the tiny newborn cub of their panda bear Mei Xiang. Her baby was born a week earlier and was the center of attention, especially since pandas are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity. As of now, the death remains a mystery.

Make that "weird" with a capital W! Ripley's gigantic new book, "Ripley's Believe It or Not-Download The Weird" was just released the 12th of THIS month, & Monday afternoon at 4:35, I'll talk to one of my favorite (& most weird) guests, Edward Meyer. Edward...

Burleigh Point Outrigger Canoe Club, was paddling in Tallebudgera Creek in Australia when they spotted a koala on the bank. Turns out the little fellow was curious about them, too! Click HERE to watch the video!

World-renowned animal expert Jack Hanna, better known as "Jungle Jack", is on his way to Great Falls to present his program Tuesday, August 14th at 7 o'clock at the Mansfield Center and the infamous Norma Ashby is joining me on the Puffman Show tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 4:35 to share the details of Hanna's Great Falls visit...

So long to the Hutterites! At least that zany and high spirited bunch from the King Colony down toward Lewistown. "American Colony: Meet the Huterites", the 10 episode series that debuted back in May, is presenting the last program from the series tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 on the National Geographic Channel...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials say they have received a whopping 6,500 comments on their proposal for this year's wolf hunt. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim says the number of comments far outnumbers the 1,500 received in 2011...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) — Scientists are hoping a mixture of fish guts and cow blood sprinkled liberally along the mountainous Idaho-Montana border will help them count grizzly bears. It's an effort pushed by local government officials who suspect there may be more of these big predators in the region than their status as a threatened species may suggest...

One of Michael Jackson‘s many idiosyncrasies was his love for exotic animals. And since the late music legend was sort of the rich madman type, he kept a menagerie of giraffes, flamingos, orangutans, elephants and tigers on his notorious Neverland Ranch. Sadly, one of the tigers — who Jackson had named ‘Thriller’ after his seminal 1982 album — has passed away.

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The Ravalli County sheriff's office says a retired racehorse found dead on a ranch near Hamilton was not shot as it initially appeared, but the cause of death is not clear. Undersheriff Perry Johnson tells the Ravalli Republic the 22-year-old horse had an injury behind its ear, but an X-ray revealed there wasn't a bullet...

A wildfire south of Roundup has burned more than 15,000 acres and destroyed an unknown number of homes and other buildings. Fire managers ordered people to evacuate their homes. The fire, pushed by 55 mph winds on Thursday, made a 12-mile run and threatened the Signal Peak Mine, which also was evacuated...