Wildlife, conservation efforts and pets
Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday cautioned tourists to postpone travel to and inside the park because of a “significant winter storm” that created hazardous driving conditions. At the same time, researcher Taylor Rabe was afield in the park studying the Lupine Creek wolf pack. “Yellowstone’s Northern range had its first very big snow today, and…
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also released an updated recovery plan Friday for “Canis rufus” — the only wolf species unique to the United…
PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the wilds of Arizona after she was found wandering in northern New Mexico outside of a zone set up for the recovery of her subspecies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday. The wolf was…
Today, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction that halts, for now, the initial phase of the largest timber sale approved by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in 30 years. The USFS has targeted Prince of Wales Island, a part of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, with a 15-year plan to log more than 42,500 acres…
Dogs evolved from wolves, but is one smarter than the other? Is this Karelian bear dog more intelligent than this trained wolf, or does the wolf have more smarts? At least 15,000 years ago, dogs evolved from groups of gray wolves, leading theories suggest. But does that mean modern-day pooches are smarter than their canine…
A wolf with a heart-shaped face? You may think that this never happens but it does. The unique creature is snapped on camera by Finnish photographer Niko Pekonen. Mother nature can always keep humans amazed at the distinct beauty of wild animals. They were born with unique markings, making them special in their community. The…
A hidden camera captures a Mexican gray wolf mom sharing a tender moment with her newborn pup. The moment is even sweeter as the endangered wolf female just gave birth to her first litter. The mother, named Trumpet is a 2-year-old resident of Wolf Conservation Center in New York. She was born and raised here…
Meet a non-standard example of friendship between animals, this time between a weasel and a kitten. It is a real pleasure to watch these real friends from the feline and mustel family. These seem to be different (a clot of energy weasel and a ball of laziness a kitten), but different only at first glance….
A farmer from the village came to the rescue of the cub and decided to take it home and look after it. Too young to survive in the wild alone, and too young to be allowed into a zoo, Nikolay, the farmer, now has quite the unusual pet. The tiny bear cub found a home,…
These awesome photos are Not Photoshopped- Marja-Terttu Karlsson, who resides in Pajala, Swedish Lapland, did not realise how lucky she had been when she was out to photograph the northern lights last week.Only when she uploaded the images to the computer, she recognised the familiar shape that appeared right before her eyes: – I thought…