A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% ...
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Two Yellowstone predators are locked in a power struggle — one is changing its habits to survive
A study investigated thousands of kill sites that provided valuable information about the hunting and feeding behaviors of both predators.
In Yellowstone, cougars coexist with wolves by changing what they eat and where they hunt, minimizing conflict driven largely by prey theft.
Large carnivores are both clashing and coexisting in the western United States. Although wolves dominate cougars and steal their prey, cougars' shift from elk- to deer-heavy diets, paired with a ...
A new study has found that cougars are making slight changes to their diets in order to avoid encounters with wolves. In ...
A new study documents the complex interactions between cougars and gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and finds their ...
A new study shows how wolves steal kills from cougars in Yellowstone, driving an uneven feeding rivalry and changing cougar behavior.
A recently published study that utilized GPS collar data collected over nine years found that interactions between wolves and cougars often revolved around elk.
Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...
Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...
This winter saw the most wolves from Yellowstone National Park killed in about a century. That's because states neighboring the park changed hunting rules in an effort to reduce the animals' numbers.
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