Wolf packs often turn out to be bigger than predicted by the theories of animal behaviorists, and a new analysis points to a previously underappreciated factor: the scrounging genius of ravens.
The wolves feeding on a carcass in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming © Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.com Wolves and ravens have long been closely associated with ...
The partnership between ravens and wolves goes back to Norse mythology -- Odin's birds scouted ahead and led prey to the god's canines, a relationship that provided food for all. The myth has some ...
Learn how ravens in Yellowstone National Park use spatial memory and navigation to locate wolf kills across the landscape without following wolves. In Yellowstone National Park, a wolf kill rarely ...
We are accustomed to hearing about wolves or killer whales that hunt in cooperative packs. And sometimes, conspecific animals can work in pairs. In the marshes, where I worked long ago, I could ...
Researchers studying ravens and wolves in Yellowstone National Park discovered that ravens are not fully dependent on following wolves to find food. In some instances, the ravens do use wolf behavior ...