Want to hear a wolf howl? You've got to stay up late or get up early – Billings Gazette

This fascinating talk by Jeff Reed, Ph.D. was part of Yellowstone Forever’s 2024 Summer Speaker Series. The event took place on 6/20/2024 at YF’s Gardiner, MT headquarters just outside the park’s north entrance.
It’s maybe not surprising given that folklore has long portrayed wolves howling at the moon, but they really do talk a lot at night.
A wolf howls to its packmates after a hunt in Yellowstone National Park.
Kira Cassidy, Yellowstone Forever research associate, and Dan Stahler, the park’s senior wildlife biologist, photograph wolf 1488M’s teeth during a past winter capture operation.

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