Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Ancient wolves found on a human-occupied Baltic island reveal unexpected and complex forms of prehistoric human-animal interaction. Researchers have uncovered wolf remains dating back thousands of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...

Humans cared for wolves long before dogs emerged, study finds - New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish ...

“The genetic data is fascinating,” said Anders Bergström, a lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences in the University ...

Wolves were 4.9 times more nocturnal (active at night) than humans. In fact, wolves are not just nocturnal where Zanette and her team did their study, but everywhere humans are present, as shown in a ...

In May 2025, the European Parliament changed the status of wolves in the EU from “strictly protected” to “protected,” which opened the way for its member states to allow hunting under certain ...

Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds. By Lesley Evans Ogden Lesley Evans Ogden previously ...

The predators have increased by almost 60 percent on the continent Olivia Ferrari Wolves have filled humans with wonder throughout our history, and they have been featured in art and mythology for ...

It didn't come as a surprise to researchers that the re-introduction of wolves in certain parts of the northern U.S. would reduce deer and elk herds, and thus reduce automobile accidents with those ...

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old. “We spent quite a bit of time ...