NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THE PROJECT
Below are a selection of recent news articles about the Voyageurs Wolf Project. The project has been featured in >425 news and magazine articles published in outlets including National Geographic, National Public Radio, Science, The Associated Press, Smithsonian, CNN, Popular Science, and the New York Times.
Selected Articles
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2024
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"A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO." by The Minnesota Star Tribune. November 2024
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"Was Minnesota canine a wolf, coyote, or both?" by Outdoor News. November 2024
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"Rare big cat caught on camera in Voyageurs National Park" by The Minnesota Star Tribune. October 2024
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"The Wolves Within Voyageurs National Park" by National Parks Traveler. September 2024
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"Viral trail camera video captures rare footage of Canada lynx in northern Minnesota" by Star Tribune. August 2024
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"Lunch Bites Back: Wolf Pup vs. Squirrel Battle" by Outdoors with Bear Grylls. July 2024
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"The wolf debate and modern America" by The Minnesota Star Tribune. March 2024​
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2023
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"Leave It to Beavers? Not if You’re a Wolf." by New York Times. November 2023​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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"Predators create ecological hot spots" by The Wildlife Society. September 2023
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"How to visit Voyageurs National Park" by National Geographic. May 2023
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"Watch: Rare sighting of a black wolf caught on a trail camera" by USA Today. April 2023
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"Voyageurs Wolf Project gives unparalleled look into how wolves relate to their surroundings" by CBS Minnesota. January 2023
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"Wolf packs in national parks dissolve when their leaders die to hunting" by Minneapolis Star Tribune. January 2023
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"WATCH: Rare sight of wolves hunting down beaver in northern Minnesota" by CBS News. January 2023.
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"Lone Gray Wolf’s Journey Sheds New Light on Elusive Predator" by The Wall Street Journal. January 2023
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2022
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"A fence around this northern Minnesota cattle ranch may keep both calves and wolves from dying" by Duluth News Tribune. June 2022​
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"Minnesota wolf goes on record-breaking beaver massacre" by Newsweek. June 2022
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"How wolf personalities can alter wetlands" by Verve Times. June 2022
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"Female wolf illegally shot and killed near Voyageurs National Park" by CBS Minnesota. May 2022
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"First wolf pups of the season tagged by Voyageurs researchers" by Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 2022
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"Watch day in the life of a Minnesota wolf as it hunts in brutal heat" by Newsweek. April 2022
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"A day in the life of a wild Minnesota wolf" by Minnesota Public Radio. April 2022
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"Wolf expert calls howl caught on camera 'winning the howling lottery'" by CNN. February 2022
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"Watch entire wolf pack roaming Minnesota wilderness in stunning footage" by Newsweek. January 2022.
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2021
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​"First-ever wild wolf collar camera shows what they really do all day long"​ in The Huffington Post. April 2021
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"Wolves prove they can fish as well as hunt"​ in The Times of London. April 2021
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"Experience a day in the life of a wild wolf, as seen in stunning collar-cam footage"​ in Smithsonian. April 2021
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"Researchers capture glimpse in the life of a wolf"​ in CNN. April 2021
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"Wolves use ambush tactics to hunt unsuspecting beavers"​ in Popular Science. February 2021
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"First proper analysis of wolf ambush behavior reveals beavers are really quite blind"​ in IFLScience. February 2021
2020
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"Wolf attacks on beavers are altering the very landscape of a national park"​ in Science. November 2020
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"Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands"​ in The Associated Press. November 2020
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"Wolves shape ecosystems by preying on beavers"​ in IFLScience. November 2020.
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"Scientists discover a completely unexpected way wolves alter ecosystems"​ in Inverse. November 2020.
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"Wolf researchers in Voyageurs National Park believe unlikely food source may be behind moose success"​ in Minneapolis Star Tribune. August 2020
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"Video captures wolves in northern Minnesota eating blueberries" in Duluth News Tribune. February 2020
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"Wolves regurgitate blueberries for their pups to eat" in Science News. February 2020.​
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2019
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"Lead Voyageurs wolf researcher is seeing their summer lives in a new light" in Minneapolis Star Tribune. November 2019.
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"The secret summer lives of Voyageurs Park wolves" in Duluth News Tribune. August 2019.
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"The secret lives of fish-eating, beaver-ambushing wolves of Minnesota" in National Geographic. June 2019.
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"Hunt and gather" in National Parks Conservation Association Magazine; June 2019.
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"Video: 'Astounding' video shows wolf rescuing pups from flooding den" in Thunder Bay News Watch; May 2019
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"11 months of a lone wolf's 2,774 miles of travel in Northern Minnesota" by Brilliant Maps; June 2019.
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"Researchers name Minnesota wolf pack after Gordon Lightfoot" in Orillia Matters; March 2019.
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"GPS map composed of 68,000 pinpoints tracks the territorial nature of wolves in northern Minnesota" in Colossal; January 2019.
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"Watch wolves claim their territories in GPS map of their movements" in VICE. January 2019.
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2018
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"Watch this Wolf Go Fishing" in The New York Times. December 2018.
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"The secret fishing habits of Northwoods' wolves" in National Public Radio. December 2018.
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"First-ever footage shows wolf hunting freshwater fish" in USA Today. December 2018.
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"The secret lives of wolves in Voyageurs National Park: they fish and eat berries" in Minnesota Public Radio. December 2018.
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"This data map of Minnesota wolves is incredible" in City Pages; December 2018
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"Wolves lead researchers to record pine in Voyageurs National Park" in Minnesota Public Radio. December 2018.
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