A new study documents the complex interactions between cougars and gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and finds their ...

A grey wolf prowls through Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Hot Springs in Montana. A group of 66 wolves was reintroduced to Idaho and Yellowstone in the late 1990s. They now total 2,800 ...

Wildlife interactions are an intriguing prospect for many people due to the dynamics in play. Unlike human society, wildlife is not dominated by law; everyone has their roles, and they follow them to ...

In the wild, every hunt is a mix of instinct, strategy, and opportunity. Predators don’t attack at random, they carefully assess their surroundings, weighing which prey offers the best chance of ...

Animal survival depends on effective attack and defense strategies, yet how these behaviors arise remains unclear. Addressing this question, a recent study shows that predator and prey behaviors ...

Across North America, mountain lions, bears and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once nearly exterminated, these animals have been recovering their populations and ...

Researchers used computational simulations to demonstrate how simple sensing and movement rules—such as detection of distance and speed changes—constrain predator–prey interactions. In a simplified ...