When National Geographic magazine came out with their cover story on de-extinction in April 2013, it set off quite a controversy. Now that we are on the scientific brink of being able to bring back long-gone species, proponents and critics are hotly debating whether we should. An intriguing side issue to this discussion relates to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wolves of Yellowstone’
Elk Win “Best of Show” at the International Wildlife Film Festival
Big yet graceful, elk (Cervus elaphus) are one of my favorite animals to spot in the wild. They are, in fact, the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone National Park, and paleontological evidence suggests they have had a continuous presence there for at least a thousand years. More than thirty thousand elk from about [...]
Rewilding: Reintroducing Wild Wood Bison to Alaska
After more than one hundred years of absence from the United States, a wild population of North America’s largest land mammal may soon be reintroduced to Alaska: wood bison. Larger than plains bison (Bison bison bison) — which may weigh up to 1,900 pounds — wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) bulls tip the scale at [...]
Smartphone Apps Pinpoint Wildlife Sightings in Yellowstone, But Is That a Good Idea?
Yellowstone National Park has often been called the “Serengeti of the North,” and there’s nothing more exciting than venturing into its backcountry or famed Lamar and Hayden Valleys in hopes of coming across a herd of bison, pronghorn, or a pack of wolves. And if you’re lucky enough to be able to visit the park [...]
Living with Predators
“Seven teens attacked by grizzly in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains,” reads a headline in a Sacramento news story, taken from the Anchorage Daily News on July 25, 2011. And, “Two teenagers have life-threatening injuries after being mauled by a grizzly bear while on a survival skills course in the Alaskan wilderness,” the first line of a [...]
