About 40 white-tailed deer were found dead in late February and early March on private property in Newton County after a heavy snowfall melted.

At a time when more Hoosiers are getting outside, the legislature has made even more budget cuts to Indianas underfunded and understaffed environmental agencies.

Indiana Conservation Officers are asking for help in finding who is responsible for the shooting deaths of two juvenile bald eagles.

State wildlife officials are urging Indiana residents to destroy invasive zebra mussels that could be hiding in so-called moss balls sold for aquariums.

The Indiana Department of Environmental asked the public Thursday to stay away from Wolf Lake in Hammond until the investigation is concluded and the birds' cause of death is determined.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources began receiving reports in mid-February of dead or dying waterfowl around the northern portion of Wolf Lake in Hammond.

There is an increase in coyote sightings around Indiana, but the Indiana Department of Natural Resources says seeing a coyote is not cause for concern.

Back in the 1950s, ciscoes lived in more than 40 lakes in the state. Now they only live in seven in northeast Indiana.

National Public Lands Day, on Sept. 26, is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort involving public lands.

Black bears are rarely seen in Indiana. In 2015, a black bear entered the state from Michigan, becoming the first black bear confirmed in Indiana since the 1870s, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.