Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wolves are back in Europe, where they were once extinct. Does that mean we humans need to watch out when hiking near these ...

In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain ...

As wolves return to parts of their historical ranges in Europe and North America, there’s growing concern that the predators are becoming less fearful of people. But a recent study from Poland shows ...

Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds. By Lesley Evans Ogden Lesley Evans Ogden previously ...

Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans. The study, published in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...

Now that wolf populations are returning to Europe's forests after centuries of being hunted to near extinction, wildlife researchers are asking: Are these predators starting to lose their fear of ...