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A pack of wolves hunting a moose on Isle Royale, 1966. The single predator-single prey relationship between wolves and moose on Isle Royale in Lake Superior is unique, and has been the subject of detailed study since 1958.
Isle Royale National Park is a national park of the United States consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in Michigan. Isle Royale is 45 mi (72 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 sq mi (535.4 km 2 ), making it the fourth-largest lake island in ...
Since 1959, a research team has spent most of the winter observing the interplay between wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. Experts from several universities, the park ...
Jul. 12—Isle Royale's revived wolf population appears to be doing well, with several new pups born over the last two years, while the island's overpopulated moose herd continues to crash.
1966 photo by David Mech: Wolves holding moose at bay at Isle Royale. Mech obtained a B.S. degree in conservation from Cornell University in 1958 [3] and a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Purdue University in 1962. [3] From 1958 to 1962, he was a graduate student at Purdue, studying the wolves of Isle Royale on Lake Superior. [4]
Gray wolves are thriving at Isle Royale National Park five years after authorities began a last-ditch attempt to prevent the species from dying out on the Lake Superior island chain, scientists ...
Historically neither moose nor wolves inhabited Isle Royale. Just prior to becoming a national park the largest mammals on Isle Royale were Canadian Lynx and the Boreal woodland caribou. Archeological evidence indicates both of these species were present on Isle Royale for 3,500 years prior to being removed by direct human actions (hunting ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Moose are thriving at Isle Royale National Park, but the trees on which they feast are paying a heavy price, scientists reported Tuesday.