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Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death of its former alpha female, Wolf 907F.
A wolf pack operates with a sophisticated, decentralized AI for coordination. Using complex vocalizations and strategic ...
One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a ...
In September 2016, the Prospect Peak pack killed her father, 911M. He was the founder of the Junction Butte pack. At the time ...
The ripple effect from the killing of wolves by humans was less apparent when they die of natural causes.
Whether they're chasing big game, stomping smaller animals, or even fishing, how wolves hunt depends on their prey and pack size.
Footloose and unaffiliated wolves don’t often integrate with established packs, even when there is room for them to do so. That’s the finding from new research examining how hunting wolves in ...
Hunting and trapping to reduce the number of wolves in Wallowa County are the primary goals of the group the Wallowa County ...
Humans impact wolf packs in national parks Date: January 17, 2023 Source: University of Minnesota Summary: Studying wolves at the pack level is important because most previous research has focused ...
The wolf population in Yellowstone National Park has rebounded somewhat following a reduction in 2021-22 when hunters killed 25 animals that primarily lived inside the refuge where hunting is banned.
Yellowstone National Park wolf biologists report that the park’s Junction Butte Pack (27 wolves) lost three wolves to Montana hunters during the first week of Montana’s wolf hunting season.
In southwestern Montana, closest to Yellowstone, hunting and trapping for wolves will cease once the number reaches 82 animals. At the time of this post, 76 wolves were reported killed in that region.