Wolves have been seen as a fearsome animal to many for over a century. Because of this and the fact that they are opportunistic hunters who will not hesitate to hunt a weak livestock animal, states ...
When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...
Despite distemper-driven decline, most remaining canines now have strong antibodies and resistance — and state biologists are ...
This story first appeared in Mountain Journal. Hiking near Gardiner on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk. Soon, I ...
Wolves are swift and agile, but they typically remain close to the ground while chasing prey. But not always. The accompanying trail-cam footage, courtesy of the Voyageurs Wolf Project, shows a large ...
On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see. Researchers are now uncovering how these coastal wolves ...