T he wolves arrived in May of last year, just days after Paul Roen had driven his cattle back up to their summer pasture in ...
A new study documents the complex interactions between cougars and gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and finds their ...
Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members working together to isolate and exhaust an animal. That reality makes one ...
Karin Vardaman thinks there are ways to prevent wolves from killing cattle in Colorado that don’t always involve lethal force. There is no perfect solution, she cautions. “We do believe it doesn’t ...
From packs of wolves to prides of lions, scientists are uncovering what really makes group hunting work — and where ...
Wolves are wild canids primarily found in North America, Europe, and Asia. They live in diverse habitats, including forests, mountains, grasslands, steppes, wetlands, tundra, and even deserts. There ...
Gray wolves are hunting sea otters. Scientists are studying how land predators adapt to ocean hunting and what this means for ecosystems.
In Yellowstone, cougars coexist with wolves by changing what they eat and where they hunt, minimizing conflict driven largely by prey theft.
Fossil and modern wolf teeth show that as winters grow warmer and snow declines, gray wolves are forced to work harder for food.