Fur-eezing cold: Where does Utah's wildlife go during the winter?

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Animals in Utah are no strangers to winter, and they have all adapted to survive or escape it. Here's what to know about how wildlife behaves, whether they're hibernating in a cave, hunting in the mountains, or foraging in your backyard.

Read to hear from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' (DWR) experts on wildlife in Utah and learn about the unique ways Northern Utah's animals spend winter.

Cougars

Utah's big-cat predator, the cougar, is surprisingly active during the wintertime.

"Cougars, they just pretty much follow their prey, and generally speaking, their prey is deer. So when there's deer, there's probably cougars somewhere around in the area," said Chad Wilson, DWR's Game Mammals Program Coordinator, in an interview with ABC4. "They remain active th