News articles tagged with 'wolf'
Study of wolves will help scientists predict climate effects on endangered animals
— 2 Dec 2011 10:32 | EnvironmentScientists studying populations of grey wolves in the USA's Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals' number,…
GPS study shows wolves more reliant on a cattle diet
— 29 Mar 2011 15:08 | BiologyCattle ranchers in southwestern Alberta have suspected it for a long time and now, GPS tracking equipment confirms it: wolf packs in the area are making cow meat a substantial part…
The cryptic African wolf: Canis aureus lupaster is not a golden jackal
— 27 Jan 2011 19:11 | BiologyNew molecular evidence reveals a new species of grey wolf living in Africa. Formerly confused with golden jackals, and thought to be an Egyptian subspecies of jackal, the new African…
Sharks and wolves: Predator, prey interactions similar on land and in oceans
— 11 Nov 2010 12:38 | BiologyThere may be many similarities between the importance of large predators in marine and terrestrial environments, researchers concluded in a recent study, which examined the interactions…
Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen trees from elk?
— 2 Sep 2010 16:37 | BiologyPrevious research has claimed that the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 is helping restore quaking aspen in risky areas where wolves prowl. But apparently…
Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate
— 18 Mar 2010 13:11 | BiologyDogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UCLA biologists. The research, funded…
Managed wolf populations could restore ecosystems
— 2 Feb 2010 11:43 | EnvironmentResearchers writing in the February issue of BioScience propose reintroducing small, managed populations of wolves into national parks and other areas in order to restore damaged ecosystems.…
Funny, you don't look related
— 15 Nov 2009 16:06 | BiologyWhen Charles Darwin visited the Falkland Islands during the voyage of the Beagle in 1835, he saw a wolf-like species, wrote about it in his diaries and correctly commented that it was…
New clues to the Falklands wolf mystery
— 3 Nov 2009 09:32 | BiologyEver since the Falklands wolf was described by Darwin himself, the origin of this now-extinct canid found only on the Falkland Islands far off the east coast of Argentina has remained…
Wolves lose their predatory edge in mid-life, new U of Minnesota study shows
— 28 Oct 2009 11:54 | BiologyAlthough most wolves in Yellowstone National Park live to be nearly six years old, their ability to kill prey peaks when they are two to three, according to a study led by Dan MacNulty…