The Yellowstone bubble Wolf 1331F’s fate was unusual only in that she made it so far north. When wolves leave the park, they die — often, quickly. Yellowstone’s roughly 100 wolves are among the most ...
Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...
The distinction between prey and predators is just the tip of the iceberg of hierarchy in Yellowstone National Park.