Howling is loudest when a close companion is taken away, study shows. Sept. 1, 2013— -- The most ferocious predator in the forest, despised by cattle ranchers and feared by humans and nearly ...

There are few ideas that are as spine-tinglingly iconic as wolves howling at the Moon. It’s a trope that has appeared in ...

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Over two weeks of recordings, we detected 190 instances of wolves howling, of which 28 were heard on at least three recording devices, allowing us to pinpoint the location of the animals. We also ...

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MARTIN: But - and I confess, I have wondered about this - do wolves really howl at the moon? MICHELLE MANCINI: They don't necessarily howl under the full moon. There's not a mystical element behind it ...

When someone shot the last wolf in Yellowstone National Park in 1926, they probably gave no thought to the effect that action might have on trees. But the absence of apex predators –those animals at ...

This time of year, the sound of a wolf howl piercing the night can really send shivers up your spine. But that call of the wild isn’t meant to scare you; it’s actually a message to other wolves.

One of the factors that draws tourists towards Yellowstone is the incredible wildlife. Although there have been many instances where people wandered too close to the wildlife, such as with bison, ...

Of all the myths that dog the wolf, none is more widely accepted than the idea that wolves howl at the moon. Images of wolves with their heads upturned, singing at the night sky, are as unquestioned ...

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