Ten red wolves have been shot on North Carolina’s northeastern coast in the past year, the Times News reports. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently expanded coyote hunting in the region to include night hunting with spotlights. There is an … Continue reading
It’s not news. Every once in a while someone sees something that either looks like a wolf or is proven to be a wolf in northern Maine. Sometimes this matters, such as when, as it did about 20 years ago, … Continue reading
The past 30 days have been rich in wildlife stories that may generate questions in your state and influence public opinion: This past weekend the birth of two (or possibly three) cubs to a black bear named Jewel in Ely, … Continue reading
A paper in the current issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin says that when gray wolves are removed from an ecosystem, Canada lynx populations take a double blow. One blow comes when elk and deer populations explode and eat all … Continue reading
In February, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission collared 11 elk for a study in north-central Nebraska. There are a few more details in this brief KOLN-TV report. A new elk study in Montana got more coverage. There, 45 cow … Continue reading
What is an Eastern coyote? One theory holds that it is a wolf-coyote hybrid formed when Midwestern coyotes crossed through Canada and mated with Eastern wolves. Recently, scientists from the US Geological Survey, the St. Louis Zoo, the US Department … Continue reading
There’s lots of news about grizzly bears out there this month. Is the Kangal, a Turkish breed of dog, more effective in protecting livestock from grizzly bears and wolves than the breeds traditionally used in the United States, such as … Continue reading
Late last month Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researchers collared 49 moose calves within hours of their birth, the Grand Forks Herald reports. Part of a larger study trying to solve Minnesota’s high moose mortality rate, the collared calves were born … Continue reading
When wolves were restored to Yellowstone National Park, its riparian habitats bounced back. But it takes more than wolves killing elk to restore these habitats, a recent paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences says. Healthy … Continue reading
When it comes to mountain lions making use of suburban habitats, there is no difference between males and females, or resident and transient animals, but sub-adult mountain lions were more likely to be found in the suburbs, a study published … Continue reading
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