Bear hunters will tell you that a good way to attract a bear is to put out bait. And in 10 states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, that's perfectly legal. Hunting dogs are another useful technique in the ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

(AP)—He doesn't like busy Interstate 5 or eating cattle, at least so far. He gets along with his distant cousins the coyotes, likes to swim and roams a lot—an awful lot—around the northernmost reaches ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Like many out-of-state visitors, the lone gray wolf that trotted across the border from Oregon has taken a liking to California.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 02, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—A University of Nevada, Las Vegas research team recently unearthed fossil remains from an extinct wolf species in a wash northwest of Las Vegas, revealing the first evidence that the ice age ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 66 |

Mange and viral diseases have a substantial, recurring impact on the health and size of reintroduced wolf packs living in Yellowstone National Park, according to ecologists.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A gray wolf was confirmed to be roaming California for the first time in 87 years when a young male migrating in search of a mate crossed over the state line from Oregon on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 02, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 4

Scientists studying populations of gray wolves in the USA's Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals' number, body size and genetics, amongst other ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 01, 2011 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a request by environmental groups to halt wolf hunts that are scheduled to begin next week in Idaho and Montana.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 26, 2011 not rated yet 2

(AP) -- Wyoming and the U.S. Department of Interior have reached an agreement over how to end federal protections for wolves in the state, officials announced Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 03, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Wolves in the eastern United States are hybrids of gray wolves and coyotes, while the region's coyotes actually are wolf-coyote-dog hybrids, according to a new genetic study that is adding fuel to a longstanding ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 31, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is excluding significant research findings about human threats to protected species, researchers argue, even when the law governing the agency's actions requires the use of all relevant ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2010 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and governors from three Northern Rockies states resumed negotiations Thursday to remove the region's wolves from the endangered list, but reached no conclusions.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 03, 2010 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- Wildlife advocates say a ruling to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves throughout the Northern Rocky Mountains buys time to create a better plan than the one the judge rejected, ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 06, 2010 2.5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- A decade has passed since the federal government began releasing Mexican wolves into the wild in an effort to return the endangered animal to its historic range in the Southwest. It hasn't worked ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 1

Ever since the Falklands wolf was described by Darwin himself, the origin of this now-extinct canid found only on the Falkland Islands far off the east coast of Argentina has remained a mystery. Now, researchers ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 02, 2009 4.7 / 5 (3) 0