From Czech Academy of Sciences:
Over the past few decades, the golden jackal has been pushing into parts of Europe where it had never been recorded before. An international study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, outlines the reasons why.
According to our researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the CAS, who contributed to the study, the expansion is driven by a combination of climate change, landscape modification, and the long-term decline of large predators, especially wolves.
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Rare footage reveals how wolves hunt beavers
From EarthTouchNews.com:
Outside humans, the overall numero-uno predator of beavers is the grey wolf. Research over the past decade or two in particular has gone a long way toward illuminating this particular hunter/hunted dynamic.
That said, it remains a somewhat obscure subject—not least because of how hard it is to directly observe interactions between the two critters: the one the biggest wild canid in the world, the other the second-biggest rodent in the world—and a semiaquatic, mostly nocturnal engineer renowned for its ability to sculpt landscapes.
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Wolf attacks down to nil in Bahraich after dens protected
From IndiaTimes.com:
A year after wolf attacks turned parts of Bahraich into fear zones, killing 14 people and critically injuring 30, most of them children, the district has reported no human-wolf conflict so far this season, with forest officials crediting a conservation-;ed response that protetced dens in the Ghaghara river catchment and stoped activities they said had pushed wolves towards villages.
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Woodlands Nature Station in LBL [Kentucky] welcomes new Red Wolf, Rosie
From WHOP.com:
The Woodlands Nature Station in the Land Between the Lakes is welcoming a new face, as red wolf Rosie will join the ranks of the animals that call the wildlife station home.
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Mule Deer Are Already Using California’s First Wildlife Crossing—and It’s Not Even Finished Yet
From SmithsonianMag.com:
Construction on the $20 million bridge in Siskiyou County began last year and is expected to be complete by this fall, with miles of eight-foot-high fencing along the highway to help funnel animals toward it.
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Siskiyou County [California] Installs Wolf Awareness Signs in Areas of Known Wolf Activity
From SiskiyouCounty.gov:
YREKA, Calif. – Siskiyou County (the County) and the Public Works Department has recently installed wolf awareness signs along select county roads in areas where gray wolf activity has been documented.
The signs, which resemble traditional wildlife crossing signs, are intended to increase public awareness and help inform residents, visitors, outdoor recreationists, and motorists that wolves may be present in the surrounding area.
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The debate about Mexican wolves is loud, but their economic impact is surprisingly small
From SourceNM.com:
For years, ranchers have butted heads with conservationists and the federal government – claiming that the endangered Mexican gray wolf is a serious threat to their local economies and public safety.
Federal data obtained by KUNM, however, tells a different story.
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Colorado Wolf Opponents Now Say Prop 114 Never Passed, Claiming Election Fraud in Appeal to USFWS
From OutdoorLife.com:
A group that opposes Colorado’s wolf reintroduction efforts is now arguing that Proposition 114, the ballot initiative that established the state’s wolf reintroduction program, didn’t actually pass among voters in 2020.
The group, Colorado Conservation Alliance, is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — which is already reviewing the reintroduction program — to reconsider the implementation agreement it has with Colorado Parks and Wildlife while these claims are reviewed.
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A wolf tracked by GPS did something no one expected in Switzerland: it jumped into Lake Lucerne, and its journey has experts baffled
From Ecoticias.com:
A lone wolf just did something that sounds like it belongs in a wildlife documentary, not a densely populated European country.
GPS points analyzed by the KORA Foundation indicate a male wolf known as M637 crossed Lake Lucerne by swimming about 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) on Feb. 13, 2026, through 41°F (5°C) water, with a location ping appearing right in the middle of the lake.
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Jackal Expansion Across Europe Facilitated by Humans, Curbed by Wolves
From Czech Academy of Sciences:
Over the past few decades, the golden jackal has been pushing into parts of Europe where it had never been recorded before. An international study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, outlines the reasons why.
According to our researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the CAS, who contributed to the study, the expansion is driven by a combination of climate change, landscape modification, and the long-term decline of large predators, especially wolves.
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Yellowstone wolves may not have reshaped the national park after all
From SciencDaily.com:
One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the famous trophic cascade story relied on flawed methods that overstated the ecological impact of wolf recovery. Their reanalysis found no evidence for a dramatic, park-wide surge in willow growth. Instead, the effects appear smaller and vary from place to place.
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