As fearsome apex predators at the top of the food chain, wolves linger in the cultural imagination as a symbol of true, dangerous wilderness. But aside from playing on our imagination, scientists have ...

Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. By the 1930s, gray wolves were nearly gone in Oregon and the rest of the ...

A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, showcasing the cascading effects predators can have on ecosystems. In Yellowstone ...

The commonly held claim that wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s spearheaded a "trophic cascade" of ecological restoration, as some studies indicated, is unfounded, ...

Since 2015, the University of Minnesota conservation biologist has used GPS collars to track 30 wolves inside Voyageurs National Park. Those collars led Gable and his team to kill sites. And there, ...

New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity. Yellowstone’s ecological ...

Some wolves may have "beaver-killing personalities," scientists in Minnesota have found. Research group the Voyageurs Wolf Project, at the University of Minnesota, examined beaver-hunting behavior in ...

A wolf from the Wenaha Pack was photographed by a remote camera in northern Wallowa County in 2016. Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the ...