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31 years to the day of when wolves were brought back to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem I was able to spend time with one that had recently passed. This very old wolf (still waiting to confirm age) was most likely around 8+ years old. Almost 3X the average age of most Wyoming wolves. As I sat with this animal I couldn’t help but wonder some basic life statistics of this incredible animal. How many miles did it travel? Did it have a mate? Had this wolf killed other wolves? Was it from a pack I’ve seen before? Did it ever defend a meal from a grizzly bear? Why did it pass right here? I most likely won’t know any of these answers. AND I’m thankful that I was able to spend just a moment with such an impressive creature. As a reminder if you find animal remains or parts of animals (antlers included) within a National Park you MUST leave them there! This wolf was in the National Park so that’s exactly what I did. I sad thank you to this wolf for being alive and left it in the wilds where all wolves belong. Alive or dead.
31 years to the day of when wolves were brought back to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem I was able to spend time with one that had recently passed. This very old wolf (still waiting to confirm age) was most likely around 8+ years old. Almost 3X the average age of most Wyoming wolves. As I sat with this animal I couldn’t help but wonder some basic life statistics of this incredible animal. How many miles did it travel? Did it have a mate? Had this wolf killed other wolves? Was it from a pack I’ve seen before? Did it ever defend a meal from a grizzly bear? Why did it pass right here? I most likely won’t know any of these answers. AND I’m thankful that I was able to spend just a moment with such an impressive creature. As a reminder if you find animal remains or parts of animals (antlers included) within a National Park you MUST leave them there! This wolf was in the National Park so that’s exactly what I did. I sad thank you to this wolf for being alive and left it in the wilds where all wolves belong. Alive or dead.
1090F is currently the oldest Wolf in Yellowstone National Park. She was born in April 2014, making her 11 years old. Considering the average lifespan of a Wolf in Yellowstone is 4 to 5 years, this is extremely impressive. She was born fully black, but in her later years has turned a silver-gray color. She is the lead female (alpha female) of the Mollies Pack, which are notoriously elusive. She’s is such a symbol of resiliency and part of a success story for Wolf recovery in Yellowstone National Park. #wolf #wolves #wolfpack #wolvesofyellowstone #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #molliespack #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wolfrecovery #conservation #wolfawarenessweek
1090F is currently the oldest Wolf in Yellowstone National Park. She was born in April 2014, making her 11 years old. Considering the average lifespan of a Wolf in Yellowstone is 4 to 5 years, this is extremely impressive. She was born fully black, but in her later years has turned a silver-gray color. She is the lead female (alpha female) of the Mollies Pack, which are notoriously elusive. She’s is such a symbol of resiliency and part of a success story for Wolf recovery in Yellowstone National Park. #wolf #wolves #wolfpack #wolvesofyellowstone #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #molliespack #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wolfrecovery #conservation #wolfawarenessweek
A man approached a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park as visitors watched in horror from far away. Keith Allen Kerbs, who took video of the man, was taking pictures of the five wolves when the man walked toward the animals. At one point, he was spraying bear spray at the wolves, and eventually managed to escape. The National Park Service said there have been no reports of wolves attacking humans in Yellowstone, but has still advised visitors not to approach them. #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #wolf #wolves
A man approached a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park as visitors watched in horror from far away. Keith Allen Kerbs, who took video of the man, was taking pictures of the five wolves when the man walked toward the animals. At one point, he was spraying bear spray at the wolves, and eventually managed to escape. The National Park Service said there have been no reports of wolves attacking humans in Yellowstone, but has still advised visitors not to approach them. #yellowstone #yellowstonenationalpark #wolf #wolves
Now at Fleet Science Center’s Giant Dome Screen 🐺✨⁠ Lost Wolves of Yellowstone unearths one of the most daring wildlife experiments in American History.⁠ Told through long-lost 16mm archival footage, the film captures the tense early days of the reintroduction of a small group of Canadian Wolves to Yellowstone National Park. 🏞️⁠ Join the Fleet Science Center for the public opening on March 20, starting at 11 a.m. Watch the full trailer and get your tickets: fleetscience.org/films/lost-wolves-yellowstone (link in bio)
Now at Fleet Science Center’s Giant Dome Screen 🐺✨⁠ Lost Wolves of Yellowstone unearths one of the most daring wildlife experiments in American History.⁠ Told through long-lost 16mm archival footage, the film captures the tense early days of the reintroduction of a small group of Canadian Wolves to Yellowstone National Park. 🏞️⁠ Join the Fleet Science Center for the public opening on March 20, starting at 11 a.m. Watch the full trailer and get your tickets: fleetscience.org/films/lost-wolves-yellowstone (link in bio)
🔊 Volume up! A very common question we get on tour is, “what is a wolf’s predator?” While nothing is hunting wolves to eat them inside of Yellowstone, wolves are very commonly killed by other animals. Listen up as YW Co-Owner and Naturalist Guide Emil M. explains the two most likely ways for a wolf to die in YNP - battling with other wolves, and being kicked or gored by their prey. 🎥 Video by YW Co-Owner Emil M. • • #EngageYourCuriosity #YellowstoneNationalPark #Yellowstone #VisitGardinerMT #YellowstoneWild #EcoTourism #NationalPark #ExploreNature #WinterWonderland #Wolf #Wolves #YellowstoneWolves
🔊 Volume up! A very common question we get on tour is, “what is a wolf’s predator?” While nothing is hunting wolves to eat them inside of Yellowstone, wolves are very commonly killed by other animals. Listen up as YW Co-Owner and Naturalist Guide Emil M. explains the two most likely ways for a wolf to die in YNP - battling with other wolves, and being kicked or gored by their prey. 🎥 Video by YW Co-Owner Emil M. • • #EngageYourCuriosity #YellowstoneNationalPark #Yellowstone #VisitGardinerMT #YellowstoneWild #EcoTourism #NationalPark #ExploreNature #WinterWonderland #Wolf #Wolves #YellowstoneWolves
How Wolves Changed Yellowstone #DeadlyReality #Yellowstone #GrayWolves #WildlifeFacts
How Wolves Changed Yellowstone #DeadlyReality #Yellowstone #GrayWolves #WildlifeFacts
It’s 30 years since the first wolves were released into Yellowstone but now their lives are at risk again. Tonight I’ve launched a Yellowstone documentary on my YouTube channel Animal Watch (it’s live now and you can find it in my links) I explain how the Yellowstone Wolves healed the environment in Yellowstone but now their lives are at serious risk again. Please watch and support the documentary as it’ll really explain how the wolves turned nature around and how reversing this could spell the possible end to America’s Wolves. In 1995 and 1996, Fourteen wolves were returned to Yellowstone, followed by seventeen more the following year — to repair what human persecution had broken. What followed became one of the most powerful lessons in conservation history. Elk, once able to linger and overgraze, began to move again. Valleys long stripped bare were finally allowed to recover. Willows, aspens, and cottonwoods rose along riverbanks. Roots held soil in place. Erosion slowed. Rivers narrowed and healed. Beavers returned — reshaping waterways, creating wetlands. Birds followed. Fish followed. This is the trophic cascade: one missing predator restoring balance across an entire ecosystem — A beautiful example to how this rewilding might heal other parts of the world. Today, Yellowstone supports around one hundred wolves, and roughly five hundred across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem But now, this success story stands at risk ‼️ The possible removal of protections under the Endangered Species Act could expose these wolves to renewed persecution. If those protections are stripped away, the loss would be irreversible. 📌 IMPORTANT - so how can you help? 📞 1. U.S. Congress — MOST IMPORTANT Congress decides whether the Endangered Species Act is weakened or protected. ☎️ U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Ask to be connected to: • Your U.S. Senator • Your U.S. House Representative 📣 What to say (keep it simple): “I am a constituent. I urge you to oppose any bill or amendment that weakens or removes the Endangered Species Act, including protections for wolves.” #wolves #yellowstonenationalpark #yellowstonewolves #wolf esa
It’s 30 years since the first wolves were released into Yellowstone but now their lives are at risk again. Tonight I’ve launched a Yellowstone documentary on my YouTube channel Animal Watch (it’s live now and you can find it in my links) I explain how the Yellowstone Wolves healed the environment in Yellowstone but now their lives are at serious risk again. Please watch and support the documentary as it’ll really explain how the wolves turned nature around and how reversing this could spell the possible end to America’s Wolves. In 1995 and 1996, Fourteen wolves were returned to Yellowstone, followed by seventeen more the following year — to repair what human persecution had broken. What followed became one of the most powerful lessons in conservation history. Elk, once able to linger and overgraze, began to move again. Valleys long stripped bare were finally allowed to recover. Willows, aspens, and cottonwoods rose along riverbanks. Roots held soil in place. Erosion slowed. Rivers narrowed and healed. Beavers returned — reshaping waterways, creating wetlands. Birds followed. Fish followed. This is the trophic cascade: one missing predator restoring balance across an entire ecosystem — A beautiful example to how this rewilding might heal other parts of the world. Today, Yellowstone supports around one hundred wolves, and roughly five hundred across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem But now, this success story stands at risk ‼️ The possible removal of protections under the Endangered Species Act could expose these wolves to renewed persecution. If those protections are stripped away, the loss would be irreversible. 📌 IMPORTANT - so how can you help? 📞 1. U.S. Congress — MOST IMPORTANT Congress decides whether the Endangered Species Act is weakened or protected. ☎️ U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 Ask to be connected to: • Your U.S. Senator • Your U.S. House Representative 📣 What to say (keep it simple): “I am a constituent. I urge you to oppose any bill or amendment that weakens or removes the Endangered Species Act, including protections for wolves.” #wolves #yellowstonenationalpark #yellowstonewolves #wolf esa
New video shows a man approaching a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Keith Allen Kerbs recorded the footage on October 6, saying he was photographing the five black wolves when the man approached them.⁣ ⁣ The video shows the man spraying what he describes as bear spray at the wolves as he enters a ravine. The wolves eventually backed off, and the man walked away. ⁣ ⁣ The National Park Service says there have been no reports of wolves attacking humans in Yellowstone and recommends visitors stay at least 100 yards away from wolves.
New video shows a man approaching a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Keith Allen Kerbs recorded the footage on October 6, saying he was photographing the five black wolves when the man approached them.⁣ ⁣ The video shows the man spraying what he describes as bear spray at the wolves as he enters a ravine. The wolves eventually backed off, and the man walked away. ⁣ ⁣ The National Park Service says there have been no reports of wolves attacking humans in Yellowstone and recommends visitors stay at least 100 yards away from wolves.
👀If You Think Yellowstone Is Just Pretty Views… Watch This. If you think Yellowstone is just postcard views and geysers… watch this. We witnessed the Wapiti Wolf Pack on a recent bison kill — and one wolf quietly carrying meat behind a tree to eat in peace. It may be hard for some to watch. But this is not cruelty. This is survival. After a successful kill, wolves can gain up to 40 pounds in just 1–2 days. They feast intensely because they don’t know when their next meal will come. Every calorie matters in the wild. This is the ecosystem working exactly as it was designed to. Yellowstone National Park isn’t a theme park. It’s raw. It’s balanced. It’s real. Predator. Prey. Respect the wild. Follow for real moments from inside Yellowstone. #Yellowstone #wolves #bison #kill #fyp
👀If You Think Yellowstone Is Just Pretty Views… Watch This. If you think Yellowstone is just postcard views and geysers… watch this. We witnessed the Wapiti Wolf Pack on a recent bison kill — and one wolf quietly carrying meat behind a tree to eat in peace. It may be hard for some to watch. But this is not cruelty. This is survival. After a successful kill, wolves can gain up to 40 pounds in just 1–2 days. They feast intensely because they don’t know when their next meal will come. Every calorie matters in the wild. This is the ecosystem working exactly as it was designed to. Yellowstone National Park isn’t a theme park. It’s raw. It’s balanced. It’s real. Predator. Prey. Respect the wild. Follow for real moments from inside Yellowstone. #Yellowstone #wolves #bison #kill #fyp
Devastating news from @hannahrheaume ➡️ Another Yellowstone wolf was poached. How is that? How is it that the same wolves that generate over $80 million in the Greater Yellowstone are still poached by people, in those same communities, year after year? This is unacceptable. Even one wolf loss has catastrophic effects on the wolf pack dynamic and therefore the ecosystem they help keep in balance. Our hearts ache for the loss of this Yellowstone wolf that was taken illegally, as well as all the other near hundreds of Montana wolves that were killed legally, not morally or ethically, during their hunting season. This is yet another tragic lesson for us all that legal killing only leads to illegal poaching. We must put a stop to the slaughter. 🎥: @hannahrheaume Follow @hannahrheaume for more wolf and wildlife photography
Devastating news from @hannahrheaume ➡️ Another Yellowstone wolf was poached. How is that? How is it that the same wolves that generate over $80 million in the Greater Yellowstone are still poached by people, in those same communities, year after year? This is unacceptable. Even one wolf loss has catastrophic effects on the wolf pack dynamic and therefore the ecosystem they help keep in balance. Our hearts ache for the loss of this Yellowstone wolf that was taken illegally, as well as all the other near hundreds of Montana wolves that were killed legally, not morally or ethically, during their hunting season. This is yet another tragic lesson for us all that legal killing only leads to illegal poaching. We must put a stop to the slaughter. 🎥: @hannahrheaume Follow @hannahrheaume for more wolf and wildlife photography
Wolf Watcher rant. Last week I was deep in the Yellowstone backcountry, off the beaten path, filming wolves for a moderate hunting show trying to do something simple and rare, tell the truth. Wolves aren’t monsters. And they aren’t magic either. They’re wolves, predators that kill, survive, shape ecosystems, and live complicated lives like any other wild animal. This project sits in the middle on purpose. These are the films that bridge gaps. The ones that don’t just preach to the choir, they actually change minds. After I got home, I started hearing the buzz, rumors that our crew influenced wolf behavior. That claim is false. Flat out. We never got closer than a mile. We worked carefully, legally, and with intention. What’s exhausting is the whisper campaigns and the readiness to assign blame without facts. That culture doesn’t help wolves. It doesn’t protect wolves. And it makes a place built on wildness feel smaller than it should. There’s a loud faction that acts like proximity equals authority, and if you’re not inside the circle, the rumors start. That isn’t ethics. That isn’t science. And it isn’t conservation. I’ve spent 30 years in the field with predators. Distance matters. Pressure matters. Responsibility matters. Often we operate far more cautiously than roadside crowds lined up with scopes and vehicles. Rumors are noise. If you care about wolves, ask questions before spreading stories. Look at behavior, not assumptions. Don’t confuse watching wolves with doing something for wolves. These animals don’t belong to any group, identity, or ideology. They belong to the wild. The real work is coexistence, not fighting over moral authority from a turnout.
Wolf Watcher rant. Last week I was deep in the Yellowstone backcountry, off the beaten path, filming wolves for a moderate hunting show trying to do something simple and rare, tell the truth. Wolves aren’t monsters. And they aren’t magic either. They’re wolves, predators that kill, survive, shape ecosystems, and live complicated lives like any other wild animal. This project sits in the middle on purpose. These are the films that bridge gaps. The ones that don’t just preach to the choir, they actually change minds. After I got home, I started hearing the buzz, rumors that our crew influenced wolf behavior. That claim is false. Flat out. We never got closer than a mile. We worked carefully, legally, and with intention. What’s exhausting is the whisper campaigns and the readiness to assign blame without facts. That culture doesn’t help wolves. It doesn’t protect wolves. And it makes a place built on wildness feel smaller than it should. There’s a loud faction that acts like proximity equals authority, and if you’re not inside the circle, the rumors start. That isn’t ethics. That isn’t science. And it isn’t conservation. I’ve spent 30 years in the field with predators. Distance matters. Pressure matters. Responsibility matters. Often we operate far more cautiously than roadside crowds lined up with scopes and vehicles. Rumors are noise. If you care about wolves, ask questions before spreading stories. Look at behavior, not assumptions. Don’t confuse watching wolves with doing something for wolves. These animals don’t belong to any group, identity, or ideology. They belong to the wild. The real work is coexistence, not fighting over moral authority from a turnout.
The Wapiti Lake pack - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWZA Have you ever heard or seen something so magnificent?! I watch wolves pretty much every day in Yellowstone. Mainly as a part of my job, but I often find myself observing wolves just for fun. I have spent thousands of hours behind my scope, and I feel like I’ve pretty much seen it all. Seeing wolves throw their heads back and release the most mesmerizing song is one of the best things about nature. I’ve traveled all over the world, specifically seeking out different animals, and have had some of the most epic encounters ever - but something about the familiarity of the wolves, sharing both their voices and the landscape with me, just hits different. I’ll chase this high forever 🤩🐺🫶🏽🙌🏽 #yellowstonewolves #wolvesofyellowstone #wildwolves #howling #wolfpack #yellowstone #yellowstonewolfproject #yellowstonenationalpark #wildyellowstone #wilderness #wolf #wolves #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifephoto #wildandfree #wolfstagram #nature #outdoors #outdoor #howl #wildlifebiology #natgeoyourshot #bbc #work
The Wapiti Lake pack - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWZA Have you ever heard or seen something so magnificent?! I watch wolves pretty much every day in Yellowstone. Mainly as a part of my job, but I often find myself observing wolves just for fun. I have spent thousands of hours behind my scope, and I feel like I’ve pretty much seen it all. Seeing wolves throw their heads back and release the most mesmerizing song is one of the best things about nature. I’ve traveled all over the world, specifically seeking out different animals, and have had some of the most epic encounters ever - but something about the familiarity of the wolves, sharing both their voices and the landscape with me, just hits different. I’ll chase this high forever 🤩🐺🫶🏽🙌🏽 #yellowstonewolves #wolvesofyellowstone #wildwolves #howling #wolfpack #yellowstone #yellowstonewolfproject #yellowstonenationalpark #wildyellowstone #wilderness #wolf #wolves #wild #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifephoto #wildandfree #wolfstagram #nature #outdoors #outdoor #howl #wildlifebiology #natgeoyourshot #bbc #work
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