A new study finds Yellowstone’s ravens don’t just follow wolves but use mental “maps” to predict likely kill sites.
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Scientists tracked ravens trailing Yellowstone wolves. Turns out, they're doing more than scavenging
Researchers suspect that ravens might have greater agendas behind their relationship with wolves.
This winter saw the most wolves from Yellowstone National Park killed in about a century. That's because states neighboring the park changed hunting rules in an effort to reduce the animals' numbers.
For decades, scientists assumed they knew how ravens always managed to show up at a wolf kill before the blood had even dried ...
When wolves are on the hunt, a kill rarely goes unnoticed for long. In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the ...
Ravens have long been thought to follow wolves to find food, but new research shows they’re far more strategic. By tracking ...
The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology – Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's ...
Wolves in Yellowstone National Park will sometimes test their predation skills on lone adult bison. But there can be painful consequences. The accompanying footage, captured by Billy Fabian while on a ...
In a new study, a UC Berkeley-led team of biologists observed gray wolves near Yellowstone National Park traveling 20 kilometers or more over rugged, mountainous terrain, with very young pups in tow.
In Yellowstone’s wild chess match between wolves and cougars, it turns out the real power play is theft. After tracking nearly a decade of GPS data and thousands of kill sites, researchers found that ...
Johnnie LeFaiver took her son to the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park this summer, because the experience of watching wolves there 20 years ago seared into her memory and she wanted Micah to ...
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