What do wolves eat? That's a question that's both easy and complicated to answer. Wolves are opportunistic carnivores, meaning they primarily eat meat to survive. Location and the current season often play a significant role in what their prey is, creating a lot of diet variability. In the Arctic tundra, it's common for wolves to hunt caribou and musk oxen during the winter and snowshoe hair in summer. Here in Minnesota, wolves tend to eat more whitetail deer and moose in the winter months. Then

275K views · 13K reactions | Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit! This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves. #wolffact | Wolf Conservation Center | Facebook

Here is a collection of videos showing wolves hunting—and in two instances killing—deer on roads and trails in our area. These observations are the basis for a new scientific paper we just published which provides some insight into how people are indirectly influencing wolf predation on deer…here is a synopsis of this new research. First a little background: there is a large amount of evidence that indicates when people build roads, trails, power lines, etc. in previously undeveloped areas, they