A gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. Colorado is going to be reintroducing gray wolves. (Dawn Villella/Associated Press) Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by ...

National Geographic Live comes to the Vilar Performing Arts Center with wildlife biologist Doug Smith discussing wolves in a public talk on Sunday, Sept. 22, and a STARS talk specially designed for ...

The historic removal of gray wolves from the U.S. West facilitated the rise of mid-ranking predators across the region, wreaking havoc on historical ecosystem dynamics, a new study has found. Yet just ...

A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, showcasing the cascading effects predators can have on ecosystems. In Yellowstone ...

New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity. Yellowstone’s ecological ...

The commonly held claim that wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s spearheaded a "trophic cascade" of ecological restoration, as some studies indicated, is unfounded, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park long has been credited with replenishing its wetlands and spurring the beneficial rerouting of streams — an ...

The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s had a cascading effect that benefited the entire ecosystem, a new study finds. The finding shows how the return or loss of apex ...

Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. By the 1930s, gray wolves were nearly gone in Oregon and the rest of the ...

A wolf from the Wenaha Pack was photographed by a remote camera in northern Wallowa County in 2016. Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the ...