3 Gray Wolf Pups Give Hope to Colorado Wildlife Watchers
Three pups born in Colorado made history. Gray wolves, while no longer on the endangered species list, are still very rare—and protected in Colorado. A plan to reintroduce them to the area has been...
View ArticleProtections Are Eased, and Wolf Population Takes a Hit
As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections, according to a new study....
View ArticleCritics Rip USDA's 'Inhumane' Killing of Wolf Pups in Idaho
For students at Idaho's Timberline High School, a wolf pack roaming nearby in Boise National Forest offered the opportunity to study the animals, and so they've tracked the group since 2003. This...
View ArticleIn Oregon, 'Egregious' Poisoning Kills 8 Wolves
Officials in Oregon are asking for public assistance to locate the person or persons responsible for poisoning eight wolves in the eastern part of the state earlier this year. The Oregon State Police...
View Article'Extraordinary Number' of Yellowstone Wolves Killed
Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months—the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were...
View ArticleBystander Reported a Wolf Pack. The Reality Was 'More Hilarious'
People tend to see what they want to see. For one particular person along a Colorado roadway, what they apparently wanted to see was a pack of wolves, but what they actually spotted in the wild was...
View ArticleThere's an Investigation Into the Killing of Wolf 1233
Hunters killed a record 25 Yellowstone wolves last season , a figure that represents one-fifth of the park's wolf population and is more than double the previous high of a decade ago. As a deep dive at...
View ArticleEmboldened Wolves to Be Shot at With Paintballs
A recent video showing a wolf strolling casually past a worried family of four in a national park in the Netherlands shows how some of the country's wolves have lost their fear of humans. Hoping to see...
View ArticleWolf Researchers: 'We Just Open-Mouthed Stared at Each Other'
What compels some animals—maybe even humans—to become leaders of their pack? A new study suggests the answer could be surprisingly simple: a brain parasite. Researchers studying Yellowstone wolves...
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