The presence of wolves in Yellowstone ... on all aspects of the wider ecosystem, changing biodiversity, primary productivity, and even the nutrient cycle. Although trophic cascades and their ...

The idea of animating the carbon cycle (ACC) is relatively new ... having a complicated relationship with their ecosystems. Take wolves, for example. They are a pivotal predator, but their ...

new science about the effects the predator has on its prey has tried to show that wolves can play an essential role in mediating an ecosystem’s carbon cycle. In 2016, Oswald Schmitz, a professor ...

New research shows that by reducing populations and thinning out weak and sick animals, wolves have a role in ... instead of extreme boom-and-bust cycles due to climate fluctuations.

Colossal Biosciences raises hype over the return of a lost species, but some scientists dispute this and their overall agenda ...

Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. By the 1930s, gray wolves were nearly gone in Oregon and the rest of ...

Because you see how the ecosystem operates throughout the seasons, and the full cycle of life that has made ... Opening Shot: A sea wolf walks along a beach, a thick rainforest in the background.

“Many people view dire wolves as mythical creatures that only exist in a fantasy world, but in reality, they have a rich history of contributing to the American ecosystem,” said the author ...

Would the wolves bring balance to the ecosystem? Or is the importance given to keystone species unwarranted? The work, led by Rodriguez Curras with significant support from the National Park ...

Reintroducing wild wolves to the Scottish Highlands would help the local ecosystem, a study suggests. Wolves, which were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the late 1700s, would help control the ...

On land, too, biotic factors trigger changes that can move through an ecosystem. For example, a study in Yellowstone National Park found that during the decades in which grey wolves were absent ...