BILLINGS – A lack of heavy snow has meant a lean winter for Yellowstone National Park’s wolves, according to the crews that annually monitor the park’s packs. Wolves rely on deep snow to tire out ...

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 ...

Gray wolves from Oregon were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decadeslong effort to build up wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states. SciLine interviewed Joanna ...

The saying “safety in numbers” is typically a phrase associated with animals considered prey. The idea being: More eyes and ears in a group help alert wildlife to approaching predators. And the more ...

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Some 166 wolves were killed in Montana in that state's first hunting season since federal protection of the species was lifted last year, but its population still managed to ...

Wolves returned to Washington state in 2008. A new study shows that, despite their rising numbers, wolves are not having much of an impact on white-tailed deer, one of their primary prey. Scientists ...

JACKSON - Wolves have made elk hunting more difficult in some parts of Wyoming, state officials and others agree. But that's not necessarily because wolves have drastically reduced the state's elk ...

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 ...

Human interference in wildlife populations disrupts natural balance and simple solutions rarely resolve the complex tensions between biodiversity, lifestyles and economic interests, write University ...

This year’s elk season is a historic one in Colorado. It’s the first time in more than 80 years that big-game hunters have shared the landscape with an established population of gray wolves. This is ...

To many people, wolves may seem like little more than wild dogs that live in the wilderness, but they’re so much more than that. In fact, wolves are some of the most interesting animals on the planet, ...