1st gray wolf pups since 1940s spotted in Colorado
Colorado has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, state wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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After being driven to near extinction, wolves are back in Washington. Can we coexist with them?
They walked in on their own: The first wolves in more than 100 years known to call Washington state home, after this native species was nearly wiped out by hunting, trapping and government extermination campaigns.
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2021
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Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that changed after gray wolves arrived in the region from Canada and Minnesota.
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May 25, 2021
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Scientists urge restoration of federal gray wolf protections
A group of scientists urged the Biden administration Thursday to restore legal protections for gray wolves, saying their removal earlier this year was premature and that states are allowing too many of the animals to be killed.
Ecology
May 14, 2021
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On the heels of one rare gray wolf's epic journey into California, another arrives
A young male gray wolf crossed into far Northern California early this month—joining another wolf that trekked into the state in late January and made an epic journey south.
Ecology
May 11, 2021
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Wolf packs don't actually have alpha males and alpha females, the idea is based on a misunderstanding
You may have heard that a wolf pack is led by an alpha pair.
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Apr 26, 2021
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Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction
Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the last ice age around11,700 years ago. Today, they can be found roaming Yukon's boreal forest and tundra, with caribou and moose ...
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Apr 12, 2021
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Weakened protections led to more disappearances of endangered Mexican wolves
Mexican wolves in the American Southwest disappeared more quickly during periods of relaxed legal protections, almost certainly succumbing to poaching, according to new research published Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2021
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Red wolves are battling high mortality, coyote inbreeding as agencies try to repopulate Outer Banks
Only one red wolf female experienced at having puppies remains in the wild—and she's been canoodling with a coyote.
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Mar 11, 2021
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European domestic dog may have originated in Southwestern Germany
Together with a group of international colleagues, a research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen studied the beginnings of the domestication of wolves ...
Evolution
Mar 4, 2021
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