From Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting:
As a writer about the natural world, Andrew Moore has a pretty good idea what animals belong where. But several years back, a news item took him by surprise. Elk, it read, were being reintroduced to southern West Virginia. Wait, Moore thought: Reintroduced? These massive ungulates — mature bulls can weigh half a ton — once lived just a few hours’ drive south of his home in Pittsburgh?
“I couldn’t really picture this animal that I associated with the West in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia,” he said.
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Voyageurs Wolf Project
From KSTP.com:
For more than a decade, the Voyageurs Wolf Project has been uncovering the wild secrets of northern Minnesota, tracking wolves and learning surprising things about cougars and deer along the way. A recently captured video showing a cougar feeding on a deer has researchers eager to dig deeper into Minnesota’s cougar population. Project lead Tom Gable joined us via Zoom to share what they’ve discovered.
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To protect cattle, California sheriffs can use rubber bullets, pepper balls on wolves
From AOL.com:
California wildlife officials have begun authorizing sheriffs in the state’s northern rangeland to use rubber bullets, paintballs, pepper balls and other injury-causing harassment methods against wolves, and are working on a plan to allow ranchers to use some of the same techniques.
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Bear crisis in Japan: without the wolf, the next record summer looms
From Wild Beim Wild:
Record numbers of bear attacks and sold-out robot wolves show how much Japan misses the apex predator it wiped out over 100 years ago, while in Switzerland the same predator is systematically hunted despite its return.
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Montgomery Zoo [Alabama] reopens exhibit featuring two critically endangered red wolves
From WFSA12:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Montgomery Zoo announced the arrival of two new residents earlier this week. Pear and Sentinel, two critically endangered American red wolves have taken up residence in a newly refurbished habitat along the zoo’s North American Interpretive Trail, which is now officially reopened to guests.
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An Old Disease Decimates the Wolves of Yellowstone
From The Sierra Club:
America’s most famous wolves are dying at an unprecedented rate. According to Wyoming Game and Fish, the wolf population in Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area has dropped to its lowest level in 20 years. Only 84 wolves remain in Yellowstone, down from 108 last year.
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Pittsburgh author tracks comeback of large mammals in the Eastern U.S.
From Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting:
As a writer about the natural world, Andrew Moore has a pretty good idea what animals belong where. But several years back, a news item took him by surprise. Elk, it read, were being reintroduced to southern West Virginia. Wait, Moore thought: Reintroduced? These massive ungulates — mature bulls can weigh half a ton — once lived just a few hours’ drive south of his home in Pittsburgh?
“I couldn’t really picture this animal that I associated with the West in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia,” he said.
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Scientists Discover 5,000-Year-Old Wolves That May Have Traveled by Boat with Humans
From People.com:
Two ancient wolves discovered inside a cave on a tiny Swedish island are raising new questions about how closely humans and wolves may have lived together thousands of years ago.
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers analyzed the remains of two canids found in Stora Förvar Cave on Stora Karlsö, a small island in the Baltic Sea. Genetic testing revealed the animals were wolves dating back roughly 3,000 to 5,000 years — but how they ended up on the isolated island is the mystery.
Isle Royale campground temporarily closed because of ‘increasingly bold’ wolf
From Michigan Public Radio:
Officials at Isle Royale National Park are temporarily closing parts of a popular campground — and implementing special measures at two others — because of an “increasingly bold” wolf.
The closure affects individual tent and group campsites at the Three Mile Campground.
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In Deschutes County [Oregon], one group of wolves struggle while another thrives
From The Bulletin:
One of Deschutes County’s two established wolf packs appears to have failed to produce pups this year, while the county’s other resident pack likely added another litter despite several wolf deaths, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
ODFW wolf biologist Aaron Bott said Wednesday that biologists have found no evidence that the Metolius pack, which ranges in the Sisters area, successfully reproduced this spring.
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Wolf attack in Oconto County [Wisconsin] , kills calf
From WTAQ:
On July 7, 2026, USDA-Wildlife Services verified that wolves killed a calf on a property in the town of Maple Valley, Oconto County. Auditory deterrents have been deployed as a non-lethal abatement measure.
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