Entries by Carissa Winter

Mexican Wolf Heads North Towards Valles Caldera National Preserve

From National Parks Traveler: A female Mexican wolf with a penchant for roaming has turned up in northern New Mexico near Valles Caldera National Preserve, hundreds of miles from the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. Asha was tracked recently to Jemez Springs on the southern boundary of the national preserve, according to the U.S. Fish and […]

Wolf attacks on pets reported in Ely and Babbitt areas

From The Timberjay: BABBITT- Anthony Bremel, the local conservation officer for the Babbitt area cautioned pet owners to be aware of recent wolf attacks on pets, which may be more likely given the low deer population.   Click here for the full story.

Never-Before-Seen Wolf Predation Finally Caught on Film

From Explorers Web: Wolves will eat just about anything. And humans will film just about anything. So it’s a surprise when we’ve never seen a wolf catch a particular prey species before. But you can now cross seals off the list. Researchers in Alaska’s Katmai National Park caught a wolf dragging a harbor seal to shore, killing it, and […]

Watch The First Footage Of A Single Wolf Hunting And Killing A Seal

From IFLScience: Wolves are famously pack animals, living and hunting together in family groups, they are famous for working together to take down prey items like caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces). Now, observations of wolves in Katmai National Park have shown they have developed a taste for a new kind of prey: marine mammals.   […]