Posts by Regan Downey
The Best Football Games Include Wolves
And the MVP (Most Valuable Predator) Award goes to…wolves! Wolves are a critical keystone species in a healthy ecosystem, living up to their “MVP” moniker. By regulating prey populations, wolves…
Read MoreNine-Month-Old Mexican Wolves Use Den as a Playground
A wolf pup’s first home is usually a den – it’s like a nursery! Varying in size and design, a den is simply a cave or hole dug under a…
Read MoreBusy Season Ahead – Prepping For Endangered Wolf Pups
The Wolf Conservation Center participates in the Species Survival Plan (SSP) for two critically endangered wolf species, the Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) and the red wolf (Canis rufus).…
Read MoreA Wolf’s Nose Knows Bounds
Wolf families (or packs) maintain territories in which they hunt and live. Members of the pack take their territory very seriously – they’ll aggressively defend it from all non-pack members.…
Read MoreEndangered Plant Garden Named in Honor of Ambassador Wolf Atka
The Wolf Conservation Center, in partnership with Sacred Warrior, is proud to announce the creation of an endangered species and medicinal plant garden at the WCC. The garden, named “Atka’s Garden: Sacred…
Read MoreFederally Protected Wolf Mistaken for Coyote and Killed in South Dakota
A hunter mistakenly killed a gray wolf in South Dakota, claiming he believed it was the “biggest coyote he had ever seen.” This tragedy points up a problem that concerned…
Read MorePeace is always beautiful. Wolves are too.
Meet Alawa and Nikai! Beyond being beautiful, they’re powerful players in the fight to preserve wolves’ rightful place in the environment. As Ambassador wolves, Alawa, Nikai, and their brother, Zephyr,…
Read MoreKeep Howling
Today we remember the extraordinary Martin Luther King Jr, who was born on January 15 in 1929.
Read MoreSunday’s Programs at the Wolf Conservation Center Cancelled Due to Weather
Due to the impending weather forecast, all of Sunday’s education programs have been canceled at the Wolf Conservation Center. We apologize for any problems this might create! For those who…
Read MoreTo Understand How Earliest Predators Hunted, Scientists Look at Ears
Have you heard? The size and structure of a species’ inner ear are correlated to its hunting techniques! As faster species evolved, their inner ears grew in size. Larger inner…
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