Tag: Isle Royale

After a year of translocation efforts in Isle Royale National Park, the island’s wolf population is flourishing again, with numbers around their historical levels. Between October 2018 and September 2019,...

Whenever animals are relocated to new areas, there’s the potential that they can spread diseases. In a presentation at the virtual TWS Annual Conference, Michelle Verant, a wildlife veterinarian with...

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) translocated to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan are finding plenty of prey, researchers found. Studying the remains of prey the wolves had consumed, biologists found...

Three more gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been translocated to Isle Royale National Park, the National Park Service reported. A fourth wolf was also translocated but its collar sent out...

By peeking at poop, researchers at Isle Royale National Park wanted to get a sense not only at what moose on the island were eating but how it may affect...

Moose populations continue to increase at Isle Royale National Park despite efforts to control their numbers through the introduction of wolves. According to the latest annual report, moose (Alces americanus)...

As researchers continue to restore wolves (Canis lupus) on Michigan’s Isle Royale, some are hoping to learn more about the species’ primary prey — moose (Alces alces). While moose are...

As the climate warms and the number of moose (Alces alces) on Michigan’s Isle Royale grows, the animals themselves are shrinking, and their lives are becoming shorter. In a study...

A population of just two aging wolves — father and daughter — are the only wolves remaining on Michigan’s Isle Royale, spelling trouble for the apex predator as well as...

On Dec. 16, the National Park Service released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) concerning the declining population of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Isle...