From Mexico News Daily: For more than 40,000 years the Beringian wolf hunted across a frozen North America. Hunting in packs, this magnificent beast was strong enough to take down horses, bison and even mammoths. As the climate warmed, however, its prey disappeared and the predator slipped into extinction. The gap the Beringian wolf’s extinction […]
From Time: News of the recovery of an extinct species in the form of howling, ivory-coated “dire wolf” pups last week was, on the face of it, understandably exciting. The only problem: from the vantage point of many scientists, the creatures are not dire wolves. Click here for the full article.
From News 4 Tuscon: BISBEE, Ariz. (KVOA) – The population of wild Mexican wolves in the Southwest has reached a new milestone, now totaling 286, according to a joint announcement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Click here for the full […]
From SooLeader: Rep. Parker Fairbairn has led the charge in a move that could reshape wildlife policy in the Upper Peninsula Click here for the full article.
From The Durango Herald: Other wolves reintroduced to Colorado have gotten close to Boulder and other Front Range cities Click here for full article.
From AP News.com: WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two rare black wolves, likely siblings, were spotted on camera crossing a stream in a Polish forest, a conservation organization said Sunday. The unusual sighting, captured last year on a video camera set up by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland project coordinator Joanna Toczydłowska, has prompted the organization to […]
From Science News: Some wolves have a taste for dessert. In the highlands of Ethiopia, carnivorous Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis) dine almost exclusively on rodents. But the predators also have a sweet tooth, sometimes slurping nectar from Ethiopian red hot poker flowers (Kniphofia foliosa), researchers report November 19 in Ecology. Click here for the full article.
From Newsweek: Anew pack of gray wolves has been discovered in California, marking the third new pack documented in the state this year. The “Diamond” pack, as it has been named, consists of at least one adult male and one adult female, and they have been traveling together for at least six months, wildlife officials […]
