The evidence is wild in ongoing wolf saga
By Mike Lynch
Tests performed by state scientists have determined that the wolf killed in Otsego County in December 2021 ate a wild diet.
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The state Assembly passed a controversial ban on wildlife killing contests that upstate Republican lawmakers largely opposed.
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Return of the wolf?
By Mike Lynch
The discovery of a gray wolf about 25 miles from the Adirondacks has galvanized wolf advocates in the park.
Princeton DNA analysis finds New York animal was a wolf
By Mike Lynch
This is the second lab that has come to this conclusion regarding an 85-pound canid killed in December.
The wolf at our door
By Mike Lynch
Wildlife advocates believe wolves could come back to the Adirondacks someday and want the state to facilitate their return. By Mike Lynch Standing in a snowy meadow in Wilmington, a wolf lifts its head and howls, breaking the near silence on a cold winter day. Just a few feet away Steve Hall watches the scene,…
Unraveling wolf DNA
By Phil Brown Several years ago, the Defenders of Wildlife abandoned a campaign to reintroduce gray wolves to the Adirondacks after a study suggested that the region’s original canid was the red wolf, not the gray. Now a new study of canid genetics—billed as the most thorough of its kind—suggests that…
Our wolflike coyote
By Phil Brown
Scientists have recognized for a while that Adirondack coyotes are bigger than western coyotes, but there has been debate over whether the cause is genetic or environmental. A recent study led by Roland Kays, mammal curator at the New York State Museum, comes down squarely on the side of genetics: the Adirondack coyote is part…
Crazy about coyotes
By Phil Brown
Jon Way began studying the eastern canids way back in high school.