The wolves of Yellowstone provide some surprising survival lessons LIKE people, wolves have found that there are benefits to be had living in a group. Together they can more effectively take down large prey, raise families and defend their territory. The received wisdom is that there are also costs to group living, not least a greater risk of death from …
Elk Hunting Reduction Approved for Northern Yellowstone Herd – Flathead Beacon
Your elk hunting is circling the drain and it ain’t because of wolves. … what the population objective for the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd is? 2 years is a good start… try NO HUNTING FOR 5, then you might be onto something!! Pay Attention Idaho Fish and Game, Perhaps youll actually learn something!! BILLINGS — Wildlife officials are placing …
Scottland: Let’s bring back bears and wolves
he Great Wood of Caledon once covered most of the Scottish Highlands. Just one per cent of it remains. Last week I joined Paul Lister, a conservationist, at theAlladale Wilderness Reserve, to find out about his plans to make the area wild again. Lister wants to reintroduce wolves and bears to hunt the sheep and red deer that now …
Why biodiversity matters
Consider the following: Southeast Asia occupies a mere 3 percent of the earth’s total surface, yet is home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals on the planet. Consider the following: Southeast Asia occupies a mere 3 percent of the earth’s total surface, yet is home to 20 percent of all known species of plants and …