Colorado passed a wolf reintroduction plan in November 2020, and 10 wolves were reintroduced into the state in December 2023. Opponents are now trying to stop this reintroduction plan, the Denver Post ...
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Across North America, mountain lions, bears and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once nearly exterminated, these animals have been recovering their populations and ...
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park have experienced a 27% decline in population in 2025.
When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened on April 26, 1986, the region became one of the most heavily contaminated areas on the planet. A 1,000-square-mile area surrounding the doomed nuclear ...
A collared gray wolf. (photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife) California’s approach to managing apex predators has drifted far from the realities ranchers and rural residents face on the ...
For thousands of years, wolves occupied a range of North American habitats stretching from Arctic tundra to deserts. Their numbers were drastically reduced by hunting and habitat loss, and it has ...
The number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico grew to at least 319 in 2025, as the species inches closer to possible downlisting from endangered to threatened.
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