Wolves returned to the Yellowstone wild 20 years ago yesterday – March 24. Continue reading
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Wolf quota reached outside Yellowstone, 4 shot
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s gray wolf season around the town of Gardiner ends 30 minutes after sunset Thursday after hunters filled a four-wolf quota in the area near Yellowstone National Park. Continue reading
Wolves Help Grizzly Bears Get Berries
Wolves and grizzly bears would seem to be archenemies, but a new study shows how wolves are actually helping grizzly bears to obtain tasty, nutritious berries in Yellowstone National Park. Continue reading
Yellowstone crowdsources visitor photos to help study wolf disease, dynamics
The next time you visit Yellowstone National Park and manage to snap a great wolf photo, you could also be helping researchers as they monitor everything from infectious diseases to breeding habits among the elusive animals. Continue reading
Advocates, Scientists mourn loss of 832F; Montana ends hunts at Yellowstone border
HOWLColorado received news of the death of 832F, perhaps the most famous of all of Yellowstone’s remaining wolves, last Saturday via an email from a devastated advocate. The news was both saddening, and yet inevitable. Continue reading
Yellowstone Park Research Wolves Killed by Hunters
An estimated 10 wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed by hunters this month, adversely affecting the park’s wolf research program, one of the longest studies of its kind. Continue reading
How I Got that Shot: A close encounter with Canyon Pack wolves in Yellowstone
Some people have said that successful wildlife photography is 50 percent skill and 50 percent luck, but some days it just seems as though you don’t have anything going for you. Continue reading
Yellowstone wolf study reveals how to raise successful offspring
What are the key ingredients to raising successful, self-sufficient offspring? A new life sciences study using 14 years of data on gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park indicates that cooperative group behavior and a mother’s weight are crucial. Continue reading
Human-introduced disease devastating Yellowstone’s wolf population
Less than two decades after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, viral diseases like mange threaten the stability of the new population. Continue reading
Infrared Imaging Helps Save Yellowstone’s Wolves
The wolf population in Yellowstone National Park is facing a vicious new predator: sarcoptic mange. Continue reading
Study says that with more wolves and fewer elk, trees rebounding in portions of Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The return of gray wolves has dramatically altered the landscape in portions of Yellowstone National Park, as new trees take root in areas where the predators have curbed the size of foraging elk herds, according to scientists in a new study. Continue reading
Yellowstone says wolf hunt changes in Montana are protecting Yellowstone animals
BILLINGS, Mont. — Wolf hunting restrictions in portions of Montana bordering Yellowstone National Park are protecting the park’s animals from a repeat of a previous hunt when almost half the members of a well-known pack were killed, federal and state officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Bears butting in on Yellowstone wolf kills
Wolves and bears in Yellowstone National Park squabble over elk carcasses, but the two species have little impact on each other’s overall population, a park biologist said last week.
Doug Smith: ‘Nature without wolves is not nature’
[large thumbnail url=”doug-smith-nature-without-wolves-is-not-nature” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”07″ day=”22″] [thumbnail icon url=”doug-smith-nature-without-wolves-is-not-nature” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”07″ day=”22″] A great piece written by Corinne Garcia for the Christian Science Monitor gives an insight in to the world of Doug Smith, the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction Program project leader.
Last collared Druid Peak wolf shot near Butte
[large thumbnail url=”last-collared-druid-peak-wolf-shot-near-butte” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”05″ day=”25″] [thumbnail icon url=”last-collared-druid-peak-wolf-shot-near-butte” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”05″ day=”25″] Wolf #690 was the last known member of the Druid Peak pack wolf known to have survived the collapse of her once powerful and popular Yellowstone Park pack.
Day in the life of a Yellowstone wolf biologist
[large thumbnail url=”day-in-the-life-of-a-yellowstone-wolf-biologist” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”03″ day=”29″] [thumbnail icon url=”day-in-the-life-of-a-yellowstone-wolf-biologist” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”03″ day=”29″] Michael Gibney of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, followed Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith for a day and captured a fascinating glimpse of the world through his eyes.
Yellowstone wolf numbers drop for second year in a row
[large thumbnail url=”yellowstone-wolf-numbers-drop-for-second-year-in-a-row” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”02″ day=”16″] [thumbnail icon url=”yellowstone-wolf-numbers-drop-for-second-year-in-a-row” filename=”news” year=”2010″ month=”02″ day=”16″] According to a press release from Yellowstone National Park, wolf numbers have dropped for the second time in as many years.
Gray wolf population declining in Yellowstone
[large thumbnail url=”gray-wolf-population-declining-in-yellowstone” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”12″ day=”17″] [thumbnail icon url=”gray-wolf-population-declining-in-yellowstone” filename=”news” year=”2009″ month=”12″ day=”17″] USAToday reporter Janice Lloyd wrote an extensive story exploring the 33% decrease in the Yellowstone National Park wolves from their peak in 2003.
