Montana set out to shrink its wolf population. The numbers tell a different story. When Montana's legislature passed a mandate in 2021 ordering the state to reduce its wolf numbers, wildlife managers ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has closed the wolf hunting and trapping season in southwestern Montana’s Region 3 after 55 wolves were killed. The quota was 52. So far this year, 224 wolves ...

A prominent wolf that lived among Yellowstone's most famous wolf pack is believed to have been illegally shot and killed just outside the park last month, according to wildlife experts. NOTE: The ...

State wildlife officials are looking to loosen regulations and increase quotas on wolf hunting and trapping for the 2025-26 season. Among the potential changes is a 50% increase to both the statewide ...

A gray wolf walks through the woods in Glacier National Park up the North Fork in this file photo. (Chris Peterson/Hungry Horse News) Well-known local wolf researcher Diane Boyd recently retired, and ...

This story first appeared in Mountain Journal. Hiking near Gardiner on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk. Soon, I ...

Deep in the heart of Yellowstone National Park, audio recorders roughly the size of hardcover books are documenting wolf barks, elk bugles and bird chirps 24 hours of the day, seven days a week, 365 ...