The berry season is here — the time of year when wolves in our area become omnivores! For some wolves and wolf packs, berries will likely be the primary food source for the next 4 or so weeks. Some research we did a few years ago showed that berries can make up to 83% of a wolf pack’s weekly diet during the peak of the berry season. Of course, one has to wonder why wolves are eating berries in the first place? It is almost certainly not because wolves prefer berries over other prey. Instead, ber

What do wolves eat? That's a question that's both easy and complicated to answer. Wolves are opportunistic carnivores, meaning they primarily eat meat to survive. Location and the current season often play a significant role in what their prey is, creating a lot of diet variability. In the Arctic tundra, it's common for wolves to hunt caribou and musk oxen during the winter and snowshoe hair in summer. Here in Minnesota, wolves tend to eat more whitetail deer and moose in the winter months. Then

This is what 51 wolves howling sounds like <3 | Wolf Conservation Center

This is what 50 wolves howling sounds like. | Wolf Conservation Center

Why do wolves howl? The howl of the wolf is one of nature's most evocative and powerful sounds. The haunting chorus of wolves howling is beautiful – or frightening, depending on one’s point of view. Wolves howl to communicate with one another. They locate members of their own pack by howling, and they often engage in a group howl before setting off to hunt. The howl is a clear warning to neighboring wolves to stay away. The howl of the wolf is one of nature's most evocative and powerful sounds.