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Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale 2025-2026
May 31, 2026
In winter 2026, the wolf population was likely composed of 37 wolves, which is approximately 20 percent higher than the last population estimate of 31 wolves in 2023. The wolf population included three packs, each containing at least 10 wolves. … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
2024-2025 Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem Wolf Population Report
December 1, 2025
During April 2024–April 2025, we studied the wolf population in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE), Minnesota to understand wolf population dynamics and how changes in population dynamics are connected to or influence predation behavior, wolf pup survival, and changes in … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, News, Regional Wolves
National Wolfwatcher Coalition Announces 2025 Wolf Education Mini-Grants Available
February 4, 2025
We are proud to announce that we will again be awarding mini-grants for wolf education and includes the promotion of non-lethal measures to minimize wolf conflicts. Due date for submission is July 31, 2025 and will be awarded in the amount … read more
Posted in Front Page News, Grants
Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups
February 1, 2025
Animals within social groups respond to costs and benefits of sociality by adjusting the proportion of time they spend in close proximity to other individuals in the group (cohesion). Variation in cohesion between individuals, in turn, shapes important group-level processes … read more
Posted in All News, Biology, Resources | Tagged animal sociality, canis, cohesion, cooperative behavior, coyotes, group size, human footprint, wolves
The pulsed effects of reintroducing wolves on the carnivore community of Isle Royale
June 30, 2024
Large carnivores are being globally reintroduced with the goal of restoring ecological interactions. However, the extent that competitive interactions are restored within communities is often unclear. In a before–after study within Isle Royale National Park (in the US state of … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves
Isle Royale’s Old Gray Guy: How One Wolf Impacted an Entire Ecosystem
April 2, 2024
The male wolf’s arrival via ice bridge in 1997 changed everything. On the heels of co-authoring a study in Science Advances, Isle Royale wolf-moose study co-leader Sarah Hoy explains how he triggered a series of knock-on events that impacted the … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, Regional Wolves


