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Adolph Murie (September 6, 1899 – August 16, 1974), the first scientist to study wolves in their natural habitat, [1] was a naturalist, author, and wildlife biologist who pioneered field research on wolves, bears, and other mammals and birds in Arctic and sub-Arctic Alaska.
Valerius Geist is known for his scientific research on the behavior and population biology of many wild ungulate species and canids.He also acted as an expert witness in many areas, including animal behavior, environmental policy, native treaties, wildlife law enforcement and policy, and wildlife/vehicle collisions cases in the United States and Canada.
Both the wolves and the moose first became established populations on Isle Royale in the 1900s. The populations of both moose and wolves have shown repeated spikes and declines and have not settled to a balanced relationship. The moose populations have ranged from 500 to 2500 while the number of wolves has ranged from almost 50 [1] to down to two.
The count of moose and wolves on a Michigan island may be rendered a pandemic mystery after an annual winter wildlife study was frozen by COVID-19. The National Park Service said Friday it will ...
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A driver in Michigan was treated to an unusual sight as five moose trotted down the road last month.Footage captured on April 10 by Jaymie Malik shows the group of animals making their way along ...
The Boreal forest and its alpine cousins are host to a wide variety of deer, ranging from the large moose to the whitetail deer. All of these large herbivores prefer the cool forest lest they overheat in the sun, but all need open land on which to graze. Of the deer, moose are perhaps best adapted to wetlands and thrive in the boggy boreal forest.
In one study, wolves detected moose using scent ten times, vision six times, and once by following tracks in the snow. Their vision is as good as a human's, and they can smell prey at least 2.4 km (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) away. One wolf traveled to a herd 103 km (64 mi) away. A human can detect the smell of a forest fire over the same distance from ...