Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members working together to isolate and exhaust an animal. That reality makes one ...

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 ...

Fossil and modern wolf teeth show that as winters grow warmer and snow declines, gray wolves are forced to work harder for food.

From packs of wolves to prides of lions, scientists are uncovering what really makes group hunting work — and where ...

Gray wolves adapt their diets as a result of climate change, eating harder foods such as bones to extract nutrition during warmer climates, new research has found. The study, led by the University of ...

This still image of a wolf at night comes from a camera trap, which was part of an experiment investigating wolf behavior in British Columbia. Kyle Artelle In 2023, crab traps along the coast of ...

Wolves are magnificent carnivores who are also highly controversial in some circles. While much is known about many aspects of their behavior, in renowned wolf expert Dr. L. David Mech's new highly ...

This year’s elk season is a historic one in Colorado. It’s the first time in more than 80 years that big-game hunters have shared the landscape with an established population of gray wolves. This is ...

A female wolf figured out how to pull a crab trap from the ocean onto shore to fetch a tasty treat. Scientists debate whether the behavior represents tool use, or if the animal needed to have modified ...

The question of how many wolves a region can sustain without tipping the balance against prey herds, livestock operations, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of a gray wolf using its paw to steady a wire crab trap on a rocky beach while sniffing for bait inside.© A-Z Animals ...