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OR-7, California's first resident wolf in over 80 years. In late December 2011, OR-7, a male gray wolf from Oregon, became the first confirmed wild wolf in California since 1924, when wolves were considered extirpated from the state. The first resident wolf pack was confirmed in 2015, after two adults migrated from Oregon and had five pups ...
Two new wolf packs spotted in Northern California reveal a continued resurgence of the species, a century after they disappeared from the Golden State. ... of the gray wolves, native to California ...
A California gray wolf, dubbed OR 85, in 2023. The wolf was fitted with a satellite collar to help the California Department of Fish and Wildlife track the state's burgeoning wolf population.
California's wolf population has taken off in the last two years, and this month two new packs were confirmed. Above, a gray wolf known as OR-93, which was spotted near Yosemite in 2021.
The California Wolf Center participates in the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan, a bi-national effort to help Mexican gray wolves recover in the wild. Most of the center's Mexican gray wolf packs reside in off-exhibit habitats that help prepare them for potential release into the wild.
The wolf must give chase and gain on its fleeing prey, slow it down by biting through thick hair and hide, and then disable it enough to begin feeding. [4] After chasing and then confronting a large prey animal, the wolf makes use of its 6 cm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) fangs and its powerful masseter muscles to deliver a bite force of 28 kg/cm 2 (400 lbf/in 2), which is capable of breaking open the ...
A newly announced pack in the Sequoia National Forest is more than 200 miles south of the nearest known pack. Wolf packs roaming deeper into California. How likely is it you’ll see one in the wild?
A new pack of gray wolves has shown up in California's Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species, wildlife officials announced Friday. It ...