Smith’s exit comes at a tumultuous time for wolves in the Northern Rockies and wildlife more broadly. Last winter, he and his colleagues recorded the deadliest season in Yellowstone history.

“Me bringing in one bag at a time from a Target run so my husband doesn’t get suspicious,” someone joked. Research in Yellowstone ... winter elk kills, when the animals make up 90% of the ...

Yellowstone wolves usually mate in February and give birth in April. The packs typically have one litter of four to five pups every year. "Pups that survive the winter have learned to help the ...

However, by the early 1920s, wolves ... the winter, the number of elk in Yellowstone dwindles to less than 4,000, as the vast ...

Yellowstone’s a really special place to visit, and in winter, it can be even more spectacular ... Stay 100 yards away from wolves and bears and 25 yards from everything else, including the ...

you’ll have a chance to view wolves, bison, elk, an array of bird species and other magnificent creatures that call the park home. Visiting Yellowstone in winter is an experience that transcends words ...

Today, the winter elk population in Yellowstone is fewer ... from cultural backgrounds where wolves weren’t always valued,” says Thomson. Thomson credits time as the biggest factor in the ...

That makes winter the best time to beat the crowds ... is critical winter habitat for gray wolves hunting elk, bison and other prey. The map shows Yellowstone National Park, which is in the ...

shows several wolves and two grizzly bears roaming a bison carcass perimeter closely guarded by bison. Argyle wrote Tuesday on Facebook: “When a bison dies in Yellowstone, most of the time the ...

Bears, wolves and buffalo regularly ... when Fuller saw the job posting for a Yellowstone winter keeper at Canyon Village. It paid $13.25 an hour at the time, he said, but it came with a house ...