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Few Car Crashes with Deer in Wisconsin, Perhaps Thanks to Wolves

Jef Akst | May 25, 2021 | 2 min read

In areas where gray wolf populations have grown, motorists have fewer collisions with deer, likely due to the predators keeping deer away from roadways.

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Bill to Greatly Expand Wolf Hunting in Idaho Heads to Governor

Amanda Heidt | Apr 28, 2021 | 3 min read

If signed, the law would boost funding for independent contractors to kill wolves and would allow for more than 90 percent of the population in the state to be taken by hunters.

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Researchers Detect Land Animals Using DNA in Nearby Water Bodies

Nayanah Siva | Apr 27, 2020 | 5 min read

Monitoring the comings and goings of aquatic life with traces of DNA in water has become an established biomonitoring technique, but scientists are now using environmental DNA to assess terrestrial animals.

Image of the Day: Himalayan Wolves

Amy Schleunes | Feb 25, 2020 | 1 min read

The top carnivores in the high-altitude regions of Asia are uniquely adapted to life in low-oxygen environments.

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Domestication Might Have Sculpted Eyebrow Expressions in Dogs

Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 18, 2019 | 2 min read

Dogs have stronger facial muscles compared to wolves, giving them the sad or “puppy dog eyes” look.

Wolves Could Lose Protected Status in Lower 48 States

Kerry Grens | Mar 7, 2019 | 2 min read

The US Department of the Interior determined that the population has rebounded enough to no longer need Endangered Species Act protection; conservation biologists disagree.

Save the Wolves, Control the Moose

The Scientist Staff | Sep 25, 2018 | 2 min read

Researchers plan to relocate mainland wolves to an island in Lake Superior in an effort to boost the near-extinct predator population and limit the growth of local moose herds.

Wolf-like Animal Baffles Montana Scientists

Jim Daley | May 29, 2018 | 2 min read

Specialists from the state’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks are working to determine what creature a rancher shot and killed.

Idaho Officials Challenge Court Order to Destroy Illegally Collected Wildlife Data

Katarina Zimmer | Dec 10, 2017 | 2 min read

A federal court had ordered the Idaho Fish and Game Department to destroy data collected from a protected wilderness area.

Great Lakes Gray Wolf to Retain Endangered Status

Catherine Offord | Aug 2, 2017 | 2 min read

A US Court of Appeals ruled that the Interior Department acted prematurely in removing the animals from the endangered species list.

Dogs’ Friendly Demeanor Written in Their DNA

Bob Grant | Jul 20, 2017 | 2 min read

Researchers pinpoint the genes that make pooches so dang affable.

Behavior Brief

Catherine Offord | Jun 13, 2016 | 5 min read

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Behavior Brief

Catherine Offord | Mar 24, 2016 | 4 min read

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Domestication’s Downsides for Dogs

Ashley P. Taylor | Dec 21, 2015 | 3 min read

The selection of traits suitable for human companionship may have dragged along some unfavorable alleles.

Dog Origins Disputed

Karen Zusi | Dec 17, 2015 | 2 min read

A genomic study suggests that dogs diverged from wolves in Southeast Asia 33,000 years ago, contrary to reports placing their origins elsewhere on the continent.