Conversely, wolves almost exclusively hunt in packs. Hoofed herbivores like moose, elk, and deer are their main prey, though ...

This size advantage enables wolves to take down large prey like bison or elk. Coyote: Coyotes are much smaller, with a shoulder height of 61 cm and a length of 100-134 cm. Their weight ranges from ...

Wolves also get unfairly blamed for fewer animals to hunt. Elk are being depleted by wolves, proclaim the Sportsmen’s Alliance, Safari Club International and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an ...

In Yellowstone, elk calves are left unprotected by their herd and are the easiest prey for wolves to catch. Luckily, the newborns have no scent and, if hidden well, can fool a wolf into believing ...

But the huge fire of 1988 ultimately produced few large trees. The elimination of Yellowstone's wolves allowed the elk to browse aspens unchecked. Finally, Ripple and Larson decided to look within ...

To many out West, where interior decorating tends to involve antlers and come fall, "Howdy" is replaced by "Get your elk yet?" wolves are depicted as four-legged killing machines—land piranhas ...

And so we began to think about where to get wolves that would know what an elk is, how to find one, and how to kill one—and where to get wolves that are used to living in cold mountainous terrain.