Also known as the polar wolf or white wolf, the Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is a subspecies of the gray wolf that thrives in one of the harshest environments on Earth. These wolves live in the ...

Alaska's wolf man, Frank Glaser, spent more than four decades in Alaska tracking and trapping wolves. Here's his take on wolf attacks.

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Gretchen Roffler ...

A recent lobbying, fundraising and advertising campaign by Defenders of Wildlife encourages Congress to strictly limit Alaska’s ability to control its abundant wolf populations. The campaign skews ...

This story has been corrected to note Prince of Wales wolves represent less than 20% of the subspecies population in both Alaska and British Columbia. The initial version of this article neglected to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wolf on Pleasant Island, Alaska, with a sea otter head in its mouth. Gretchen Roffler When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea ...

For many years the islands off Alaska’s coast have enjoyed a relatively steady balance between small critters and large, prey species and predators. This was especially true for the largest predator ...

The Salty Dog Saloon landmark on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, at the end of Kenai Peninsula and surrounded by Kachemak Bay. (Lawrence Weslowski Jr./Dreamstime/TNS) A judge has ordered the Alaska ...

Along a remote stretch of the Alaskan coast, gray wolves have quietly rewritten the rules of what a top land predator eats. Packs that once relied on deer are now regularly killing sea otters in the ...

Two Alexander Archipelago wolves are seen March 21, 2020, in a trail camera image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...