Biologist Doug Smith made his way through the park on a sunny March day, checking on teams of wind-burnt scientists as they tracked and observed every ...

Wolves, as top predators, play a crucial ecological role beyond hunting. They influence herbivore populations and behavior, which can help forests and vegetation recover—a process called a trophic ...

Over the last three decades, Yellowstone National Park has undergone an ecological cascade. As elk numbers fell, aspen and willow trees thrived. This, in turn, allowed beaver numbers to increase, ...

The story of gray wolf recovery in Yellowstone is hailed as one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, but many fear that the population is once again threatened.

Wolves were nearly wiped from North America not because they were dangerous, but because settlers misunderstood something ...

Gray wolves know that the best way to survive in this world is together. They live in pack families, relying on each other to ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...

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We learn about individual wolves, population dynamics, wolf-prey relationships, genetics, disease, management and policy, newly studied behaviors and interactions with other species, and the rippling ...

8-Mile pack pups from two breeding females’ litters excitedly greet adults returning to the den. Pup survival to independence increases significantly with increasing numbers of adult pack members, who ...