News tagged with gray wolves

Petition seeks to have wolves howl across US

(AP) -- Tens of thousands of gray wolves would be returned to the woods of New England, the mountains of California, the wide open Great Plains and the desert West under a scientific petition filed Tuesday with the federal ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mont. aims to reduce wolf numbers for first time

(AP) -- Montana wildlife commissioners approved a plan Thursday that aims to reduce the gray wolf population for the first time since the once-endangered animal was reintroduced to the region 15 years ago.

Biology / Ecology

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Montana, Idaho consider increased wolf hunt quotas

(AP) -- Hunters in Montana would be allowed to kill nearly three times as many gray wolves this fall compared with last year's inaugural hunt, under a proposal announced Friday by state wildlife officials.

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate

Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UCLA biologists. The research, funded by the National Science ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New clues to the Falklands wolf mystery

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

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Wolf release in Mexico sparks concern in US

(AP) -- American wildlife officials and ranchers are raising questions over a plan to release a rare North American gray wolf to its historic range in northern Mexico: Will it stay south of the border and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo.

(AP) -- A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves

(AP) -- The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Judge sides with environmentalists in wolf case

(AP) -- A federal judge says a lawsuit by environmental groups to keep the government from aggressively removing endangered Mexican gray wolves that have attacked livestock can move forward.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black wolves: The first genetically modified predators?

Emergence of black-colored wolves is the direct result of humans raising dogs as pets and beasts of burden, according to new research by a University of Calgary biologist published today by the prestigious ...

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 2


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