The question of how many wolves a region can sustain without tipping the balance against prey herds, livestock operations, and the wolves themselves has no clean answer. Since the federal government ...

In December 2023, Colorado reintroduced 10 gray wolves in Grand and Summit counties, kicking off the voter-mandated ...

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...

Who said it first, no one knows. But Frederick the Great, warrior ruler and enlightened despot of 18th-century Prussia, said it well. “The only, absolute and best friend a man has, in this selfish ...

In many Native American traditions, wolves are seen as powerful and meaningful animals that carry deep symbolic value. These ...

The wolves arrived in May of last year, just days after Paul Roen had driven his cattle back up to their summer pasture in Northern California’s Sierra Valley. He started finding the bleeding bodies ...

As Colorado lawmakers prepare to return for the 2026 legislative session, wolves — what they’re costing the state, how they’re faring in the wild and whether Colorado’s reintroduction can overcome ...

Humans have always had an emotional relationship with predators. We both revere and demonize them. We buy more than 100 million teddy bears annually for our children, while 50,000 real bears are ...

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