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Yellowstone-area wolves observed moving pups to follow elk — upending scientific assumptions
Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are ...
BILLINGS, MONT. (LEE)—After two years of preferring bull elk in their winter diet, wolves in Yellowstone National Park apparently have renewed their taste for elk calves. An early winter study of the ...
Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...
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Scientists Notice Unusual Movement Among Yellowstone’s Wolves — And Their Pups Were Involved Too
Up until the mid-1990s, the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park had turned into a gloomy, barren land, overgrazed and overpopulated by elk. But ever since wolves were reintroduced in the park, the ...
New research is improving scientists’ understanding of gray wolf behavior. A study recently published in the journal Current Biology shows that wolves can abandon their dens with their young in tow to ...
A baby elk outran — and outswam — a wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, video shows. Screenshot of montanawild_'s Instagram video A “brave” little elk calf sprinted to safety — with a pack of ...
Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are ...
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