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Plants & Animals Jan 14, 2024

Colorado's new wolves are alive and well, but state officials face transparency concerns about releases

The 10 wolves set loose in Colorado in December 2023 as part of a historic state-led reintroduction are doing well, but the humans charged with orchestrating the multi-year effort addressed concerns this week about a lack ...

Plants & Animals Jan 10, 2024

Red deer populations in Europe more influenced by humans than by wolves or other predators, ecologists find

Alongside the occasional bison and elk, red deer are Europe's largest native wild animal. An international study led by wildlife ecologists from the University of Freiburg has now investigated the factors that affect the ...

Plants & Animals Jan 10, 2024

After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado—how the reintroduction will affect the ecosystem

Gray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decades-long effort to build up wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states. SciLine interviewed Joanna Lambert, professor of wildlife ...

Ecology Dec 22, 2023

Idaho board drops wolf-killing proposals submitted by trapper without ranchers' knowledge

Nearly two months ago, John Faulkner and members of the Peavey family, which owns Flat Top Ranch in the Wood River Valley, learned that an application with their names attached for state dollars to kill wolves would move ...

Plants & Animals Dec 21, 2023

Viewpoint: Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Europe's "wolf problem" is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And ...

Evolution Dec 20, 2023

Study suggests domestication of dogs led to darker irises

A team of animal science specialists at Teikyo University of Science, working with a colleague from Showa University, all in Japan, has found that most dogs have an eye color that is darker than their closet wolf relative, ...

Ecology Dec 20, 2023

EU looks to downgrade wolf protection status

The European Commission said Wednesday it wants to change the protection status of wolves—allowing them to be hunted—based on new data suggesting the animals pose a rising threat to livestock.

Plants & Animals Dec 19, 2023

Release of five wolves in the Colorado mountains begins first-of-its kind state reintroduction effort

Five wolves dashed out of crates and into the Colorado landscape on Monday, culminating three years of work to implement a first-of-its-kind reintroduction of the controversial predator to the state.

Plants & Animals Dec 18, 2023

Colorado wolf reintroduction to move forward as ranchers' legal effort fails

The reintroduction of wolves in Colorado this month will proceed as planned after a federal judge on Friday 15 Dec. denied ranchers' request to stop the state's efforts to allow for further environmental analysis.

Plants & Animals Dec 15, 2023

Colorado could capture wolves within days, unless a judge delays the state's reintroduction efforts

A federal judge plans to issue a ruling Friday deciding whether to delay the reintroduction of wolves in Colorado based on a legal challenge filed this week by ranchers.

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