Tag: wolves

Wolves started making Washington their home again around 2008, after being extirpated from the state by the early 1900s. Since their return, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has been capturing and collaring a sample of these animals to monitor their survival, reproduction, movem...

Documentaries hold a prominent place within the film industry, famous for their dedication to uncovering truths and enlightening the public. The inception of the documentary can be traced back to 1922 when American filmmaker Robert Flaherty pioneered the genre with an early exemplar of an observatio...

Turns out that ravens and wolves have a unique, symbiotic relationship; ravens help direct wolves to possible food, wolves tear through tough hides that ravens’ beaks can’t break through, and ravens get first dibs on any scraps the wolves leave behind. This symbiosis alone is awesome,...

Wolf packs are families — and so when a pack member is killed, the family group is disrupted. To elaborate, if the killed wolf is an older pack member, the pups lose their best teacher, who would teach them to hunt ungulates — such as elk, bison, deer, moose, etc. — instead of live...

A fleeting moment is sometimes all it takes to dramatically change a man’s fortunes. Oklahoma Territory cowboy John R. “Jack” Abernathy discovered this fact firsthand in the spring of 1905 after an acquaintance mentioned his name at a White House dinner. Texas hardware magnet Ce...