NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THE PROJECT

Below are a selection of recent news articles about the Voyageurs Wolf Project. The project has been featured in >285 news and magazine articles published in outlets including National Geographic, National Public Radio, Science, The Associated Press, Popular Science, and the New York Times.

Selected Articles

• "Wolves use ambush tactics to hunt unsuspecting beavers"​ in Popular Science. February 2021

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• "First proper analysis of wolf ambush behavior reveals beavers are really quite blind"​ in IFLScience. February 2021

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• "Wolf attacks on beavers are altering the very landscape of a national park"​ in Science. November 2020

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• "Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands"​ in The Associated Press. November 2020

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• "Wolves shape ecosystems by preying on beavers"​ in IFLScience. November 2020.

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• "Scientists discover a completely unexpected way wolves alter ecosystems"​ in Inverse. November 2020.

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• "Wolf researchers in Voyageurs National Park believe unlikely food source may be behind moose success"​ in Minneapolis Star Tribune. August 2020

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• "Video captures wolves in northern Minnesota eating blueberries" in Duluth News Tribune. February 2020

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• "Wolves regurgitate blueberries for their pups to eat" in Science News. February 2020.

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• "Lead Voyageurs wolf researcher is seeing their summer lives in a new light" in Minneapolis Star Tribune. November 2019.

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• "The secret summer lives of Voyageurs Park wolves" in Duluth News Tribune. August 2019.

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• "The secret lives of fish-eating, beaver-ambushing wolves of Minnesota" in National Geographic. June 2019. 

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• "Hunt and gather" in National Parks Conservation Association Magazine; June 2019.

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• "Video: 'Astounding' video shows wolf rescuing pups from flooding den" in Thunder Bay News Watch; May 2019

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• "11 months of a lone wolf's 2,774 miles of travel in Northern Minnesota" by Brilliant Maps; June 2019.

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• "Researchers name Minnesota wolf pack after Gordon Lightfoot" in Orillia Matters; March 2019.

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• "GPS map composed of 68,000 pinpoints tracks the territorial nature of wolves in northern Minnesota" in Colossal; January 2019.

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• "Watch wolves claim their territories in GPS map of their movements" in VICE. January 2019. 

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• "Watch this Wolf Go Fishing" in The New York Times. December 2018. 

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• "The secret fishing habits of Northwoods' wolves" in National Public Radio. December 2018. 

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• "First-ever footage shows wolf hunting freshwater fish" in USA Today. December 2018. 

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• "The secret lives of wolves in Voyageurs National Park: they fish and eat berries" in Minnesota Public Radio. December 2018. 

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• "This data map of Minnesota wolves is incredible" in City Pages; December 2018

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• "Wolves lead researchers to record pine in Voyageurs National Park" in Minnesota Public Radio. December 2018.

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