A new video shows wolves may be smarter than we think. Are they smart enough to use tools? And are they getting smarter?

Wolves have been stealing bait from underwater crab traps in British Columbia which some researchers claim amounts to “tool use." Some Rocky Mountain ...

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early ...

A miner discovers a 30,000-year-old squirrel in the Klondike, an intact find from the ice that reveals the secrets of the ...

A fierce winter storm has swept across the Rocky Mountains, unleashing blizzard conditions from Alaska to New Mexico and ...

A wolf was filmed pulling bait out of a submerged crab trap u2014 with some experts howling with glee that it could be the ...

In an event that nearly didn’t happen, the Friends of Wolf Trap, a volunteer organization, recently invited area children on a two-hour trip around the world for a “Global Passport Adventure.” The ...

Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded ...

Clever Wolf Raids Crab Trap in Deep Water, Hinting at First Wild Tool Use (Image: Heiltsuk Wolf and Biodiversity Project.) A lone wolf in coastal Canada has surprised researchers with unusual ...

The coast of British Columbia is experiencing a crab problem. But trying to control the crab problem appears to have surfaced an unexpected wolf problem—one that reveals the surprising capacity of ...

Many animals have been observed using tools. For example, chimps tear leaves off of branches and stick them into holes to pull out termites, and wild dingoes have been observed moving objects to stand ...

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