Experience the International Wolf Center from the comfort of your own home! Through our unique webinars, you’ll learn about wolf behavior from our ambassador wolves and hear from guest speakers who will share their knowledge and research.
Join us as we provide a front row seat to teaching the world about wolves.
Can’t watch it live? All registered webinar participants will receive a link to the recorded webinar after the program.
Want to schedule your own online class with us? Check out our WolfLink Videoconferencing Programs!
Technical specs: We use Zoom software to deliver our webinars. Zoom is compatible with PC, Mac, Linux, Android, Blackberry and IOS (7.0 and later) platforms. All you need is an Internet connection either wired or Wi-Fi (including 3G or 4G/LTE networks). Check out Zoom’s Support Center to see if your platform is supported. Once registered for the webinar, Center staff will personally send you an email with details to help you get set up.
Note: The webinar connection times are all Central Standard Time. We do honor Daylight Saving Time. Upon registration, we will send a confirmation email with login and time details.

Past Events › Webinar
June 2020
Assessing the Pack’s Medical Needs
Webinar rate: $15 Non-members, $12 Members The Center’s wolves are licensed under the direction of the Mn DNR and the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS. The protocol is legislated by the Animal Welfare Act and as part of the act, the wolves are required to have a tri-annual medical exam. Join us as we detail the Exhibit Pack’s recent exam and we discuss common canine diseases and abnormalities.
Find out more »July 2020
Red Wolves: Yesterday and Today
Kim Wheeler, Executive Director of the Red Wolf Coalition, will discuss the history of the red wolves in the United States. She will look back in time at their range, their designation as an endangered species and where their populations are today.
Find out more »Summer Heat, How do Wolves Adapt?
Webinar rate: $15 Non-members, $12 Members When viewing details about a wolf, many physical adaptations are apparent that help keep a wolf warm in winter, but equally important are the adaptations to keep a wolf cool in summer. Join us as we spend an hour chilling with the Exhibit Pack as they manage in the July heat.
Find out more »August 2020
Remembering Past Pup Introductions
Webinar rate: $15 Non-members, $12 Members We understand your disappointment with the delay in the 2020 pup introduction, so we thought we would take this time to remember our past pup introductions, including the 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 litters. This webinar will be held during our regular What’s for Dinner Program?, so you can see the pack feed on their weekly deer carcass.
Find out more »September 2020
First day of Fall
Webinar rate: $15 Non-members, $12 Members The first cool days of fall can produce a change in the hormones and stimulate some rank-order dominance. Join us for this one-hour webinar as we discuss management of the Exhibit Pack as we transition into fall.
Find out more »October 2020
What is Minnesota’s wolf population, and how it is estimated?
Webinar rate: FREE Join us as John Erb, a research scientist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, explains how the Minnesota wolf population is estimated. This estimate is especially important as policies about how wolves are managed rely on this figure and how it changes over time.
Find out more »Living with wolves and wolf depredation in Minnesota
Webinar rate: FREE John Hart, district supervisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services program, will join us for an hour to discuss what it looks like to live with wolves in Minnesota. John will also discuss wolf depredation in Minnesota, covering topics such as the frequency of wolf depredation and the number of ranchers who are affected every year in the state.
Find out more »The interrelationships between wolf, moose and deer in Minnesota
Webinar rate: FREE Glenn DelGiudice is a research scientist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He will join us to discuss how wolves, moose and deer live together in Minnesota. The three species are all important to the state and Glenn will discuss how they coexist.
Find out more »Working for Wolves
Webinar rate: $15 Non-members, $12 Members Taking care of the pack doesn’t stop with the wolves. A safe and enriching facility takes a significant amount of time as well. Join us for this one-hour webinar as we feature the work projects completed by a dedicated group of staff and volunteers.
Find out more »Wolf Island: Discovering the Secrets of a Mythical Animal
Webinar rate: FREE In the late 1940s, a few wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story…
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