In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain ...

As wolves return to parts of their historical ranges in Europe and North America, there’s growing concern that the predators are becoming less fearful of people. But a recent study from Poland shows ...

A siberian wolf at a kill. Source: Thomas Wallace Knox/Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons I was greeted the other morning by an email from a friend telling me that a paper published that day in the ...

In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. And even in ...

Children are raised on stories about big bad wolves: how they prowl around forests, disguise themselves as sheep or grandmothers, and raze houses to eat little pigs living inside. We learn early that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...