Gray wolf pups are born nearly helpless: blind, deaf and lacking the acute sense of smell of their elders. They usually remain in the safe confines of their den until they are at least three weeks old ...
It didn't come as a surprise to researchers that the re-introduction of wolves in certain parts of the northern U.S. would reduce deer and elk herds, and thus reduce automobile accidents with those ...
Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are ...
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — In far Northern California, beneath a towering mountain ridge still covered in April snow, one of the state’s last cowboys stood in the tall green grass of a pasture he tends ...
JACKSON - The doldrums of winter may be a boring time for some, but for wildlife and wildlife-watchers in the Gros Ventre River drainage it is one of the more exciting, and to some,troubling times of ...
BILLINGS, MONT. (LEE)—After two years of preferring bull elk in their winter diet, wolves in Yellowstone National Park apparently have renewed their taste for elk calves.
The story of Yellowstone National Park and its wolves is a lesson in the consequences of humans meddling with the world's natural order. Wolves that live in temperate grasslands, specifically gray ...