New research from the University of Minnesota upends long-held understanding about how wolves, bears and cougars—three of Yellowstone National Park's most iconic carnivores—compete for prey.

Dire wolves became extinct over 10,000 years ago. Scientists believe this was the result of climate change and the loss of ...

Cougars avoid conflict with dominant predators like wolves and bears by hunting smaller prey in Yellowstone National Park.

Hunting the young for trophies In the Baltics, 800 wolves are expected to be killed ... younger ones will only have more tendency to attack easy prey, such as sheep and cattle.

As keystone predators wolves are vital for regulating prey populations like deer and elk, helping many other species. Scientists believe that wolves’ natural hunting practices may also help stop the ...

Wolves hunt ungulates, and unless human-caused loss of habitat and wild prey species reduce their hunting options, they do not generally pose a problem to livestock or human safety. In the early 1970s ...

In a world where gravity is reduced, the dynamics of predator-prey interactions could drastically change. Could big cats, wolves, or even hawks adjust their hunting techniques? Would they rely ...

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 during calving season, they target newborn elk, deer, and sheep — the same prey the wolves are hunting at that time. However, this takes a lot of work and energy, and bears often skip the ...

Wolves hunting moose on Isle Royale are a dramatic example of what scientists call co-evolution: two species, such as a predator and its prey, adapting to each other’s adaptations. Rolf ...