Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members ...

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, ...

At any one time, there are between 150,000 to 200,000 people worldwide playing the online game WolfQuest. That's where you become a wolf in ...

Yellowstone National Park is home to several wild animals. Tourists are allowed to spot them only from a distance to ensure their safety and the animals' protection. The national park goes above and ...

Seventeen Yellowstone National Park wolves were killed in 2024, and among them was the fabled one-eyed female, 907F – the fifth -oldest wolf recorded in the park at 11.7 years old. She was killed by ...

On January 11, 1995, approximately 17,000 elk bedded down in Yellowstone National Park. When they woke up a few hours later, a new scent was in the icy air: wolves. It had been 69 years since the last ...

This winter saw the most wolves from Yellowstone National Park killed in about a century. That's because states neighboring the park changed hunting rules in an effort to reduce the animals' numbers.