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Wolves (12 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Apex predators" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Apex predators have a long evolutionary history, dating at least to the Cambrian period when animals such as Anomalocaris and Timorebestia dominated the seas. Humans have for many centuries interacted with other apex predators including the wolf, birds of prey, and cormorants to hunt game animals, birds, and fish respectively. More recently ...
Prehistoric Predators is a 2007 National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon.The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to extinction.
Some keystone species, such as the wolf and lion, are also apex predators. The role that a keystone species plays in its ecosystem is analogous to the role of a keystone in an arch . While the keystone is under the least pressure of any of the stones in an arch, the arch still collapses without it.
Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: An Endangered Species Success Story. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-85951-4. OCLC 308158198. Thiel, Richard P. (1993). The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-13944-5.
The wolves were set free from crates in a Grand County location that state officials kept undisclosed to protect the predators. Colorado releases first 5 wolves in reintroduction plan approved by ...
In the animal kingdom, apex predators top the food chain because of their superior hunting skills and endure few natural threats. Some of these powerful creatures are so beautiful that they enjoy ...
Although certain aspects of this conclusion have been questioned, the main body of evidence confirms it. A number of other gray wolf subspecies have been identified, though the actual number of subspecies is still open to discussion. Gray wolves are typically apex predators in the ecosystems they occupy.