by wolfcenter | May 25, 2021 | Canines, Chris Anderson, Coyotes
Coyotes are in the same family as wolves, the Canidae family. These canids may look similar to wolves at first glance, but they have some significant differences. They are smaller in size and have thinner features than wolves do, like their ears and their muzzle. They...
by wolfcenter | May 22, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Desert Tortoises, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Although the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) outlived the dinosaurs, can live in deserts reaching 140 F, go an entire year without a drink, and must enter dormancy for most of the year to survive, these ancient reptiles are still struggling to overcome new...
by wolfcenter | May 21, 2021 | Chris Anderson, Conservation
Conservation requires a lot of time, work, and money. A lot of time is spent tracking and studying species and their habitats so that we know how they’re being affected by our own actions as humans, by poaching, by global warming, and to get more data to make...
by wolfcenter | May 19, 2021 | Canines, Carnivores, Jeremy Heft, Wolves
By JOHN FLESHER May 13, 2021 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A group of scientists urged the Biden administration Thursday to restore legal protections for gray wolves, saying their removal earlier this year was premature and that states are allowing too many of the...
by wolfcenter | May 19, 2021 | Carnivores, Chris Anderson, Conservation, Cougars, Lynx, Mountain Lions, Pumas
Did you know that lions are the only social big cats? Besides mothers with their offspring, other cats are solitary. Why is that? Why are some carnivores solitary and others more social? It all comes down to advantage. Animals are going to do what is better for them...