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Ecology Mar 20, 2025

Spain reverses ban on hunting wolves in north

Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted to end a ban on hunting wolves in the north of the country, three years after its introduction by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's minority leftist government.

Plants & Animals Mar 17, 2025

Wolves make a rapid recovery in Europe, increasing by 58% in a decade

Wolf populations in Europe increased by nearly 60% in a decade, according to a study led by Cecilia Di Bernardi and Guillaume Chapron at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, published in the open-access journal ...

Ecology Mar 7, 2025

Protections drop for wolves in most of Europe

Wolves became less protected in most of Europe on Friday as new conservation regulations came into force, except in three countries that objected to the move including the United Kingdom, the Council of Europe said.

Ecology Mar 4, 2025

More endangered Mexican gray wolves are roaming the southwestern US, annual survey shows

It is a ritual that takes place every winter—federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in ...

Plants & Animals Feb 27, 2025

Colorado's gray wolves roaming farther into Western Slope, new map shows

Colorado's gray wolves roamed farther into the Western Slope last month, with at least one of the canines setting foot in a watershed that extends to the Utah border, according to a new map released by Colorado Parks and ...

Ecology Feb 24, 2025

Local 'practitioners' needed for policies on coexistence with large carnivores, experts suggest

In a new study at the University of York, researchers argue that in contrast with Indigenous groups, who are clearly defined, what is meant by "local people" is less clear, and policies on large carnivore management, which ...

Ecology Feb 24, 2025

A dozen wolves collared in California as officials seek to track the growing population

Wildlife officials have collared a dozen gray wolves in Northern California in an effort to better understand and manage the species that has made a comeback in the state after being extirpated a century ago.

Veterinary medicine Feb 20, 2025

Your dog may be wilder than you think, according to canine sleep research

Dogs may look adorable when they snooze, but their sleeping habits actually hold fascinating clues on how living with humans has shaped canine behavior. The sleep-wake patterns of the dog can also serve as a useful model ...

Plants & Animals Feb 17, 2025

Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help address climate emergency, study suggests

Reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland which could take in and store one million metric tons of CO2 annually, according to a new study led by researchers at the University ...

Evolution Feb 12, 2025

Simulation shows wolves had time to self-domesticate and evolve into dogs

A team of mathematicians and statisticians from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Tennessee and Valparaiso University, all in the U.S., has found new evidence that wolves had ample time to self-domesticate ...

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