Researchers published in the February issue of BioScience suggests that introducing tightly controlled wolf populations in to damaged ecosystems could both restore that ecosystem and improve the public image of wolves.

A study carried out in the Basque Country suggests that wild dogs, not wolves, are the primary killer of sheep.

Dr. Jonathan Way, along with three others, authored a paper which concludes that eastern coyotes are actually hybrids of wolves and coyotes

With coywolves getting exposure in the news again – see Eastern Coyotes have a touch of wolf in them – So unique are these animals, that some are calling for the animal to be identified as a new species, HOWLColorado researched further.

A recently published study by researchers from Washington State University has shown that wolves in Idaho and Montana are now carriers of a wild strain of tapeworms – but there is no evidence the parasite can be transmitted to domestic livestock.

One of the major concerns related to hunting and killing of animals in any systematic way is the potential isolation of specific groups and the overall weakening of the gene pool for healthy future generations

Valdosta State University Biology Professor Dr. Brad Bergstrom recently authored a paper titled “The Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf is not yet recovered,” which was published in the December issue of BioScience, the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

The International Wolf Center (www.wolf.org) posted the following summary of the status of the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project.

Isabel Barja, a Spanish biologist published a new study in Wildlife Biology which reveals the feeding preferences of wolves.

The International Wolf Center is maintaining a blog – Wolves of the High Arctic – Research on the Arctic Wolves of Ellesmere Island – from researchers tracking Brutus, the “North Pole wolf” and his pack.