One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock ...

Study finds hunting wolves offers minimal livestock protection, challenging assumptions about wildlife management.

Humans drove wolves nearly to extinction in the American West. Reintroducing them in 1995 was, and still is, controversial.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday raised the state’s wolf hunting quota by about 37%, approving new ...

Several hunting groups are appealing a Montana judge’s ruling that the US Fish and Wildlife Service wrongly denied endangered species protections for the gray wolf.

A federal court ruling in Montana could force gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains back under Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. A coalition of hunting and conservation organizations ...

Jack "Catch’em Alive” Abernathy became famous for his ability to catch wolves with nothing more than his dogs and a fast horse.

This is not to say a wolf mauling a calf is not a tragic loss for an individual rancher, but we need to reckon these sparse personal losses with the drastic ecological damage of hunting wolves to ...

Gray wolf pups are born nearly helpless: blind, deaf and lacking the acute sense of smell of their elders. They usually remain in the safe confines of their den until they are at least three weeks ...

Hunters launch appeal of gray wolf court decision By Michael Doyle | 08/07/2025 01:28 PM EDT Utah, Montana and the administration may also appeal. A gray wolf photographed in 2008.

Wolves may now have a real shot at meaningful recovery.” The service had denied two 2021 petitions to restore protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, covering Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, ...

POWELL — Montana District federal Judge Donald Molloy has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law last year when it denied a petition to protect gray wolves ...