According to a 2024 report, there are approximately 30 wolves on the island, which is the population goal for the park’s recovery plan. There are now several wolf packs and new pups, which demonstrate ...

Conservationists say delisting would harm wolf populations already threatened by climate change, loss of habitat and weak ...

Should biologists step in to save Isle Royale’s wolves or let nature take its course? A pack of wolves races through a field of unbroken snow, followed by scientists in a small plane buzzing overhead.

If the gray wolf is removed from the endangered species list, states take over hunting regulations. In Illinois, the gray ...

The wolves of Isle Royale are often elusive, their howls echoing through the dense forests, adding an air of mystery to the island. The park's remoteness and limited access mean that each ...

"Wolves and moose, the wild north woods forest, ever-changing weather and a cool climate, and the crystal clear waters and rugged shoreline of Lake Superior characterize Isle Royale National Park," ...

Snow crunched underfoot as Mark Hebblewhite scanned the ridgelines of Canada’s Banff National Park. It was 1995, and the ...

By the 1960s gray wolves were finally protected under the predecessor law to the Endangered Species Act. They'd been exterminated from all the contiguous United States except Michigan’s Isle Royale ...

If you asked 12 people what their favorite places were on the island, you’d get 12 different responses,” said Liz Valencia, manager of interpretation and cultural resources for the park.

Out of the vastness of Lake Superior rises an island known more for its immigrant wolves and moose than for its splendors as a park. But the people who discover Isle Royale treat this isolated ...

"Wolves and moose, the wild north woods forest, ever-changing weather and a cool climate, and the crystal clear waters and rugged shoreline of Lake Superior characterize Isle Royale National Park ...