Twenty-one was “the perfect wolf”: He was a legend — he never lost a fight, and he never killed a vanquished rival Twenty-one was like history’s highest-status human leaders: Not a ruthless strongman but a peaceful warrior CARL SAFINA TOPICS: BOOKS, WOLVES, YELLOWSTONE, EDITOR’S PICKS, SUSTAINABILITY NEWS, LIFE NEWS (Credit: andamanec via Shutterstock) Excerpted from “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel” “Why doesn’t Batman just kill the …
Yellowstone loses license for radio frequencies used to track wolves, elk; research continues | Fox News
BILLINGS, Mont. – Researchers at Yellowstone National Park have lost their license for a set of radio frequencies used to track more than 100 radio-collared wolves and elk. But park officials said Thursday their scientific work has continued with the cooperation of the new license holder. Yellowstone biologist Doug Smith said new licensee NorthWestern Energy is letting researchers use the …
Study: Wolves in big packs more likely to survive mange
It’s not as healthy to be a lone wolf, especially if you have mange. That’s the conclusion of a recently published study of Yellowstone National Park wolves that examined survival of animals suffering from an infestation of itch-causing mites. “There are lots of other examples — humans being one of them — that animals benefit from cooperative care,” said Emily …
Kathie Lynch: Yellowstone Wolf Update
Change for wolves …. Humans continue to simply make life for them worse by the Day “Change is the law of life,” John F. Kennedy once said, and that certainly applies to the lives of wolves in the wild. As always, the February breeding season and the following weeks brought excitement, danger, and consequences to the wolves of Yellowstone’s Northern …