In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...

"Providing a predictive framework." Experts thrilled as cameras capture never-before-observed behavior in wild creatures: ...

A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% ...

Up until the mid-1990s, the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park had turned into a gloomy, barren land, overgrazed and overpopulated by elk. But ever since wolves were reintroduced in the park, the ...

A grey wolf prowls through Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs in Montana. A group of 66 wolves was reintroduced to Idaho and Yellowstone in the late 1990s. They now total 2,800 ...

New research published in Nature Scientific Reports reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift ...

Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members ...

ORR, Minn. – Wildlife researchers often focus on rates of survival and causes of mortality. Sometimes one animal serves to illustrate both. Within minutes of the start of a field expedition in ...

In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain ...

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