On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see. Researchers are now uncovering how these coastal wolves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evans and Standley with their giant wolf On Dec. 22 I received a message from a local Fairbanks trapper whom I’ve known for years.

Gray wolves are hunting sea otters. Scientists are studying how land predators adapt to ocean hunting and what this means for ecosystems.

Wolves are a remarkably adaptable, highly intelligent, sociable group of mammals, inhabiting a variety of ecosystems from mountainous terrains in Switzerland to lush forests in China and even arctic ...

On Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, wildlife managers are trying new techniques to count local wolves so they can determine how many can be hunted. Limiting the quota is controversial in the ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game pulled the trigger on another Interior wolf reduction program during the weekend. Wildlife biologists from the Alaska Department of Fish ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. "We spent quite a bit of time ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Millions of people worldwide tuned in for a remote Alaska national park’s “Fat Bear Week” celebration this month, as captivating livestream camera footage caught the chubby ...

There's a common problem in wildlife management - to know how many animals you can hunt, you need to know how many animals you have. You'd think that problem might be easier to solve in an enclosed ...

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. “We spent quite a bit of time ...