Sea otters are themselves a top predator in the near-shore ecosystem, while wolves are an apex predator in the terrestrial area. — so it’s pretty surprising that you end up with a dynamic where one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Wolves, bears, and their primary prey differ strikingly in their characteristics and requirements and their responses to management. In Alaska, wolves are found over most of their historic range at ...

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 ...