Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves
(AP) -- The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to...
View ArticleWolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection
Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?
View ArticlePoop reveals an immigrant in Isle Royale wolves' gene pool
The wolves and moose of Isle Royale have done it again. Theyve surprised the scientists who have spent more than half a century studying them.
View ArticleIsle Royale wolves may go extinct
Isle Royale National Park's gray wolves, one of the world's most closely monitored predator populations, are at their lowest ebb in more than a half-century and could die out within a few years,...
View ArticleWhat should be done about the disappearing wolves of Isle Royale?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of wolves at Isle Royale National Park has dipped to ninethe lowest number seen since Michigan Technological Universitys wolf-moose predator-prey study began 54 years ago....
View ArticleMystery solved: 3 wolves drowned in old mine shaft at Isle Royale National Park
During their 2012 Winter Study, Michigan Technological University population biologist John Vucetich and wildlife ecologist Rolf Peterson started wondering where the wolves of Isle Royale National Park...
View ArticleFrom lake to land, in a land of lakes
(Phys.org) -- What animal can see only a limited distance, has no top front teeth, and prefers shady, wet areas such as bogs and marshes?
View ArticleDebate brews over fate of wolves on US island (Update)
For visitors to Michigan's Isle Royale National Park, nothing beats the spine-tingling thrill of a wolf's howl piercing an otherwise silent night—or a glimpse of the wily beast slipping across a forest...
View ArticleGreat Lakes have most ice in decades thanks to bitter winter
This winter's frigid temperatures have produced the largest amount of ice cover on the Great Lakes in at least 25 years.
View ArticleIsle Royale wolf decline boosts moose
A scientific report says the wolf population of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior is dangerously low for the third consecutive year, while moose numbers are steadily rising.
View ArticleInbred wolves struggle, moose proliferate at Isle Royale National Park
During their annual Winter Study at Isle Royale National Park, scientists from Michigan Technological University counted nine wolves organized into one breeding pack and a second small group that is a...
View ArticleDown to three wolves on Isle Royale
Only three wolves seem to remain in Isle Royale National Park. Researchers from Michigan Technological University observed the wolves during their annual Winter Study, and the lone group, at an...
View ArticleHow did the stonefly cross the lake? The mystery of stoneflies recolonising a...
Massive glaciers once covered an island in one of the Great Lakes, USA, leaving it largely devoid of life. Its subsequent recolonisation by insects triggered the curiosity of entomologist R. Edward...
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