Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...

The Great Plains Wolf once lived in Iowa, hunting the coyote, its rival for prey. Loss of habitat through human encroachment is among the reasons wolves are no longer found in Iowa. But in the upper ...

ESCANABA, MI – Michigan’s federally protected gray wolves are under closer watch by state wildlife regulators than ever before. More than 1,200 wildlife cameras are strapped to trees across the Upper ...

New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity. Yellowstone’s ecological ...

ST. LOUIS — One of Missouri's most important and unique animals was nearly driven to extinction due to human persecution and expansion. Four of the species' newest members bring new hope to the fight ...

In Yellowstone National Park, when a bison dies it’s not long before wolves or grizzly bears move in on the carcass. If one or two wolves are on the carcass, a lone grizzly bear can usually clear them ...

CODY — A man hiking in Yellowstone National Park encountered a female wolf outside a den and sprayed the animal with pepper spray before fleeing the scene. Yellowstone Park officials confirmed Tuesday ...

Wolves may be an apex predator, but researchers in Washington recently noticed that they’re being attacked and killed by another carnivore at the top of the food chain: cougars. In Washington, a ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife told an interim legislative committee it has spent about $3 million to relocate 30 wolves to the state over the last two years. That's more than double what voters were ...

New Delhi — One of the wolves from a pack that has killed eight people in a forested district of north India was caught Thursday, officials said. The victims, seven children and a woman, were killed ...

In a peculiar twist of fate last week in northern Wisconsin, six dogs that were chasing after bears for hunters were attacked and killed by wolves. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

Mutant wolves that roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study. The wild ...