Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...
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In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...
In the heart of Wyoming lies Yellowstone National Park, a sprawling ecosystem that has captivated millions of visitors for centuries. However, its delicate balance faced a near collapse before a ...
Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members ...
Yellowstone’s wolves die from hunting and trapping outside the park every season, but things seem to be getting worse. From 2009-2020, about 4.3 wolves from Yellowstone were killed legally by hunters ...
A new study documents the complex interactions between cougars and gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and finds their “enemies without benefits” relationship is driven by competition: wolves ...
This story was originally published by Mountain Journal. Around Crystal Creek, where the road bridges the Lamar River at the fringe of Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley, a grove of aspens has ...
In 1995, 14 wolves were relocated to Yellowstone National Park from an area near Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. These 14 wolves became the first to roam Yellowstone in seventy years since ...
In a new study, a UC Berkeley-led team of biologists observed gray wolves near Yellowstone National Park traveling 20 kilometers or more over rugged, mountainous terrain, with very young pups in tow.