From Microsoft Start: A wolf pack consisting almost entirely of black wolves is quite rare for Minnesota. While it does occur, it is definitely not the norm. For reference, black wolves make up only 1.5-2% of the wolf population in Minnesota based on data collected from 1980 to 2020. Click here for the full […]
From Hometown Focus: ELY – The International Wolf Center’s current exhibit, “Starvation, Adaptation and Survival—Insights from the Voyageurs Wolf Project,” is an informative exhibit that opened in May and will run through October 20. It offers visitors a unique look into the lives of wolves in northern Minnesota. Since its inception in 2015, the Voyageurs […]
From The Wildlife Society: Reintroduction efforts have returned wolves to parts of the American West, but their absence for much of the 20th century left long-lasting changes on the landscape. That not only affects the ecosystems, researchers say. It also changes how we understand them. “Most published ecological research from this region occurred after the extirpation […]
From Missoula Current: (CN) — Gray wolves maintain ecosystem balance in the western United States, researchers say in a new study bolstered by a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit filed earlier in the week calling for increased federal protections. In a study published Wednesday in BioScience and led by William Ripple from Oregon State University and the […]
From IFAW: More than seven months after the original agreement of the European Parliament, Commission, and Council on the Nature Restoration Law, the Council finally gave the green light and officially adopted the law on 17 June 2024. The delay was due to persistent resistance from several EU member states in the Council. The missing majority […]
From Meteored: The reintroduction of wolves in North America has received a great deal of attention, particularly the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park in 1995. This has led to speculation about whether wolves, or even lynx would be suitable for reintroduction in the UK. Despite success in the USA, one solution does not fit all scenarios. It’s possible that predator reintroduction in the UK may […]
From Science Alert: The haunting howls of wolves fell mostly silent across America’s West by the 1930s. Their loss to the region has been largely overlooked by humans, even in our scientific research, a new review finds, but the impact of their absence is written loudly in the missing trees. Click here for the […]
From Microsoft Start: Agray wolf pup is the latest addition to the endangered — but growing — Colorado gray wolf population, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on June 20. In December 2023, experts with the state department introduced 10 gray wolves from Oregon to Colorado, where the species had been mostly absent for years. The initiative, backed by voters, was […]
From BBC: A woman is in intensive care after being attacked by wolves while jogging in an animal park near Paris, French media report. They say that early on Sunday the 36-year-old victim – who was staying at a lodge within Thoiry park – strayed into the main safari zone, which is reserved for cars. […]
From CBC: When wolves are killed by bullets fired from helicopters during Alberta government culls, surviving members of the pack quickly learn to evade the threat, a new study has found. For nearly two decades, Alberta has killed off hundreds of grey wolves each year in an attempt to bolster dwindling caribou populations, a practice […]
