Sea otters are themselves a top predator in the near-shore ecosystem, while wolves are an apex predator in the terrestrial ...

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 ...

Alaska's gray wolves are hunting sea otters, unveiling unprecedented ecological shifts. Discover the implications for ...

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. "We spent quite a bit of time ...

A high-ranking Alaska official confirmed to the Coloradoan that Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are in negotiations to secure the capture of wolves to release in Colorado this winter as part of ...

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 ...

Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plumet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years, a finding scientists at Oregon State University and the Alaska ...

With American wolf populations on the rise in places like the Upper Midwest and the Mountain West, more and more folks are curious: what do wolves eat? Maybe you have direct experience with wolf kills ...

Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer and moose. In late 2020, a female coastal wolf ...