A new study reveals how two of North America’s top predators — wolves and cougars — interact inside Yellowstone National Park. Researchers found that many encounters between the species begin…
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…
The Origins of Dogs: A 12,000-Year-Old Bone Sheds New Light on Domestication The relationship between humans and wolves, which eventually gave rise to domesticated dogs, remains one of the most…
In 2021, the administration under President Donald Trump made a significant decision, relinquishing national protections for wolves and delegating management responsibilities to individual states. Recently, officials in Oregon made a…
Dogs have evolved from wolves, but is one species more intelligent than the other? Around 15,000 years ago, dogs emerged from groups of gray wolves, according to prevailing theories. However,…