This story, “Wolves Don’t Live by Rules,” appeared in the March 1968 issue of Outdoor Life. Frank Glaser was a legendary predator control agent and the subject of Alaska’s Wolf Man, also by Jim ...

The Central Apennine ridge, the middle section of Italy’s mountainous backbone, is a wilderness of limestone peaks, ancient beech forests and plunging canyons. The untamed idyll hides half a dozen ...

I've written a number of essays that have centered on the question, "Should animals be killed in the name of, or under the guise of, conservation?" (See also) The basic foundation of the rapidly ...

ORR, Minn. – Wildlife researchers often focus on rates of survival and causes of mortality. Sometimes one animal serves to illustrate both. Within minutes of the start of a field expedition in ...

New tech is helping researchers better understand Yellowstone's apex predators.

You've heard of the wild horses that roam on Assateague Island, Maryland's dreamy national seashore. And you know you're almost guaranteed to see grizzly bears in Alaska's Denali National Park & ...

To many people, wolves may seem like little more than wild dogs that live in the wilderness, but they’re so much more than that. In fact, wolves are some of the most interesting animals on the planet, ...

Before going extinct, dire wolves were the most common large carnivores in Iowa. The wolves were present in Iowa at end of the last Ice Age, and evidence of their remains have been found in the state.

In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu — and bend the rules. When I woke, it was still dim inside the cabin of the small sailboat I shared ...

For the past four years, the North American Wolf Association has been on a lonely but determined mission to preserve the lives of wolves and rescue them from their one enemy -- man. Members of the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass. It was a cold clear March day at Savage River on the ...