The Isle Royale wolf population could go extinct due to a shortage of females. I heard this report, “Fewer Wolves on Isle Royale“, on our local Public Radio station on my drive to work this morning. According to a tracking report obtained by The Associated Press, there are only 16 wolves left on the island, the lowest [...]
Wolf conservation is important to our forests. According to the article, “Wolves keep forests nutrient-rich”, researchers discovered an important role wolves play in creating nutrient hotspots in forests. Researchers from Michigan Technological University found that when wolves take down their prey they do more than simply keep a check on herbivore populations. The corpses of wolf-hunted [...]
A picture of a hunting wolf has won the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award. According to the article in Earth News, Jose Luis Rodriguez captured the imaginations of the judges with a picture that he had planned for years, and even sketched out on a piece of paper. “I wanted [...]
