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Scientists tracked ravens trailing Yellowstone wolves. Turns out, they're doing more than scavenging
Researchers suspect that ravens might have greater agendas behind their relationship with wolves.
Narrated by the British writer and environmental campaigner George Monbiot, and largely drawn from his book Feral, it ...
When wolves are on the hunt, a kill rarely goes unnoticed for long. In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the ...
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.
Predators might be ill-reputed for their fearmongering gestures, but from a scientist’s point of view, they are catalysts of transformation. They are the architects of ecosystems. By eliminating what ...
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park will sometimes test their predation skills on lone adult bison. But there can be painful consequences. The accompanying footage, captured by Billy Fabian while on a ...
The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology – Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that provided food for all.
When a wolf pack runs down its prey, the first on the scene is often the raven. Even before the predators have had time to dig in, the ravens are already in line, waiting to take advantage of the odd ...
In a new study, a UC Berkeley-led team of biologists observed gray wolves near Yellowstone National Park traveling 20 kilometers or more over rugged, mountainous terrain, with very young pups in tow.
Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are ...
Johnnie LeFaiver took her son to the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park this summer, because the experience of watching wolves there 20 years ago seared into her memory and she wanted Micah to ...
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