After years of being hunting to near-extinction, wolves are making a comeback in some of their historical ranges in Europe and North America. With their return comes a growing concern that the predators are moving too close to human settlements, becoming bolder and less fearful of people. Researchers set out to see if that’s true, […]
Tag: Gray Wolf
More than 10,000 species on brink of extinction need urgent action: Study
Extinction is an overwhelming concept, difficult to grasp in its enormity and finality. Thousands of species are barreling toward that grim fate, unless we help. A comprehensive new study provides the clearest picture yet of Earth’s most imperiled species, and offers evidence that conservation can work. The study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity found that […]
One of Colorado’s Released Wolves Was Killed by Federal Officials in Wyoming
One of the 15 wolves that Colorado Parks and Wildlife imported from British Columbia and released on the Western Slope in January was killed by federal officials in Wyoming on Sunday. CPW received a GPS collar mortality signal in north-central Wyoming on March 16 for a male gray wolf known as 2505-BC, according to a […]
Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn
Donald Trump’s blitz on federal science agencies has increased the risk of endangered species going extinct, fired government experts have warned. The new administration, and its so-called “department of government efficiency”, led by the billionaire Elon Musk, has fired thousands of employees at science agencies, with funding halted at the National Institutes of Health and […]
Petition: Demand Protections for the Western Gray Wolf
The Western gray wolves, once thriving apex predators, are under severe threat largely because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) refuses to give them Endangered Species Act protections. This failure to protect these majestic creatures have left them vulnerable to practices that could drive the Western Gray wolf population back towards extinction. We must […]
Wandering wolf of the Southwest confined through 2025 breeding season in hopes of producing pups
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – An exceptionally restless female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha will be held in captivity with a potential mate through another breeding season in hopes of aiding the recovery of the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday. Asha captivated the public imagination after she was found wandering far […]
First Wolf Pup Born in Colorado Since Reintroduction
State biologists had been gathering evidence suggesting a gray wolf (Canis lupus) pair had been denning, indicating reproduction. On June 18, they confirmed a wolf pup in Grand County. Although only one was verified, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says other pups may be present. A typical litter consists of four to six pups. Because the […]
No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.
The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While gray wolves are common in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – the latest estimate is more than 700 – the state’s southern Lower Peninsula doesn’t offer the proper habitat. “We just don’t […]