From PopularMechanics.com:
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) has quickly become a 1,000 square-mile science experiment, as experts use the highly irradiated zone as a chance to understand animal biology placed under those extreme conditions.
Biologists from Princeton University studied wolves in the CEZ for a decade and found that they’re thriving compared to neighboring wolf packs, likely due to reduced human contact and genetic mutations that protect again cancer.
The biologists are working with other cancer experts to see if these particular mutations could have therapeutic uses for humans.
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Wolves of Lower Saxony: Citizen Science Delivers Key Data as Debates Heat Up
From LuxuriousMagazine.com:
In the misty forests of Lower Saxony, a band of everyday explorers – doctors, teachers, retirees – trudged through rain-soaked trails, eyes peeled for elusive wolf scat. Their 2025 efforts with Biosphere Expeditions yielded high-quality samples, likely accounting for half the state’s annual haul, proving that citizen science can thrive where controversy rages.
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State officials killed three wolves in northern Utah. Here’s why.
From SLTrib.com:
In a rural stretch of southwestern Cache County, state officials killed three wolves earlier this month after the animals were spotted near livestock, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources confirmed Tuesday.
The wolves were shot Jan. 9 by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said DWR spokesperson Faith Jolley, a move allowed because the animals were found in a small corner of northeastern Utah exempt from federal gray wolf protections.
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The Mutant Wolves of Chernobyl Have Evolved to Survive Cancer
From PopularMechanics.com:
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) has quickly become a 1,000 square-mile science experiment, as experts use the highly irradiated zone as a chance to understand animal biology placed under those extreme conditions.
Biologists from Princeton University studied wolves in the CEZ for a decade and found that they’re thriving compared to neighboring wolf packs, likely due to reduced human contact and genetic mutations that protect again cancer.
The biologists are working with other cancer experts to see if these particular mutations could have therapeutic uses for humans.
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Mexican wolf protections are at risk as delisting bills move forward
From SourceNM.com:
Two bills that aim to strip the Mexican gray wolf of its federal endangered species protections are now snaking their way through the federal lawmaking process.
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Cougars Are Learning to Coexist With Wolves in Yellowstone by Changing Their Diet
From DiscoverMagazine.com:
When wolves and cougars cross paths, it’s rarely a friendly encounter. But as these two apex predators increasingly share territory across the western United States, a new study suggests cougars may be finding clever ways to avoid conflict by changing what’s on their menu.
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Poacher kills ‘rising star’ wolf from Yellowstone National Park’s most viewed pack
From SFGate.com:
A gray wolf was illegally shot and killed just north of Yellowstone National Park last month. According to wolf advocates, wildlife watchers and guides, the wolf mostly lived inside the park and was born into the Junction Butte pack, arguably the world’s most famous wolf pack.
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Wolf pack forces Italian airport to close: How this region is struggling with coexistence
From EuroNews.com:
In early January, a video taken in a residential street of the northern Italian city of Pesaro went viral. Shot from inside a car, it shows a wolf running past a few metres away, the lights of a bar just behind, and disappearing down a side road.
In recent weeks, there have been dozens of sightings like these in urban areas of the Romagna region, including the cities of Rimini and Cesena.
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National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Says Legislation to Delist the Mexican Wolf Advances, Offering Long-Overdue Relief to Cattle Producers
From GoldRushCam.com:
January 25, 2026 – WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee advanced the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025 (H.R. 4255) with bipartisan support. The bill would remove federal ESA protections for the Mexican wolf, restoring commonsense wildlife management authority and providing much-needed relief to cattle producers and rural communities across the Southwest.
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Question of survival: 11 of 25 [Colorado] reintroduced gray wolves now dead
From GJSentinel.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is cautioning the public against misinterpreting the number of wolf deaths since the state’s reintroduction program began, “especially over such a short time period and with such a small sample size,” the agency said.
This comes after an 11th gray wolf of the initial 25 brought to Colorado died, bringing the total number of collared wolves in the state to 19, after the May killing of one wolf born to the Copper Creek pack and the presence of two that were in the state prior to relocation starting.
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[Colorado] Citizen effort pursuing a ballot measure to halt wolf reintroductions takes a step back
From AspenTimes.com:
Whether or not Coloradans will see wolves on the November 2026 ballot remains up in the air.
Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy has temporarily paused its effort to put wolves back on the state ballot. The citizen group created to lead the initiative has proposed asking voters to stop Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction three years after wolves were first released in December 2023.
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