On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see. Researchers are now uncovering how these coastal wolves ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plummet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years, a finding scientists at Oregon State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wolf on Pleasant Island, Alaska, with a sea otter head in its mouth. Gretchen Roffler When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plumet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years, a finding scientists at Oregon State University and ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Gretchen Roffler ...

This story has been corrected to note Prince of Wales wolves represent less than 20% of the subspecies population in both Alaska and British Columbia. The initial version of this article neglected to ...

For many years the islands off Alaska’s coast have enjoyed a relatively steady balance between small critters and large, prey species and predators. This was especially true for the largest predator ...

Gray wolves are hunting sea otters. Scientists are studying how land predators adapt to ocean hunting and what this means for ecosystems.

Back from the trails, my guide Derek and I stop by Montana Creek to examine the incredible wildlife tracks in the fresh snow. We find wolf prints, evidence of a pack moving through the area, along ...

With American wolf populations on the rise in places like the Upper Midwest and the Mountain West, more and more folks are curious: what do wolves eat? Maybe you have direct experience with wolf kills ...