Wolf 1478F could have become the Junction Butte pack alpha, experts say.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Seventeen Yellowstone National Park wolves were killed in 2024, and among them was the fabled one ...

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Yellowstone's oldest wolf made headlines last month when the 11-year-old wolf did something that hasn't been done before - she gave birth to her tenth litter of pups! Keith Merrill of National Park ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to several wild animals. Tourists are allowed to spot them only from a distance to ensure their safety and the animals' protection. The national park goes above and ...

In movies and literature, a wolf’s haunting howl can signify danger or untamed nature. In real life, researchers in Yellowstone National Park are analyzing those howls with cutting-edge AI technology ...

A new study shows that interactions between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are driven by wolves stealing prey killed by cougars and that shifts in cougar diets to smaller prey help ...

Yellowstone National Park s famed Druid Peak wolf pack has surprised scientists yet again, surviving a mild winter without any losses despite having 20 hungry pups to feed. At 26, the Druids are the ...

It’s not as healthy to be a lone wolf, especially if you have mange. That’s the conclusion of a recently published study of Yellowstone National Park wolves that examined survival of animals suffering ...

After four decades on the federal endangered species list, the gray wolves’ population has officially recovered, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This month, the agency proposed turning ...

In a new study, a UC Berkeley-led team of biologists observed gray wolves near Yellowstone National Park traveling 20 kilometers or more over rugged, mountainous terrain, with very young pups in tow.

Wolf 8 was the smallest of all the male wolves released into Yellowstone and probably was the least likely to become a successful alpha male. When he was a yearling, equivalent to a teenager in human ...