"Painter et al. claim that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park has produced a strong trophic cascade ...

If that story has been oversimplified, the implications extend well beyond one national park.

Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction has often been described as one of conservation’s clearest trophic-cascade success stories.

Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk population, which had decimated the plant community, in ...

One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the famous trophic cascade story relied on flawed methods that overstated the ...

Wyoming wolves are stout compared to some other Lower 48 subpopulations, and the reason why they tend to run hefty is ...