In my opinion and from my experience, the world of wolves is a world of women. It’s usually the alpha pair who make decisions (together) in a wolf family, such as when to start a hunt ...

Sitting down to write this week’s Nature Smart column, I first checked my email. And there it was, a half a dozen emails all with the same subject line: “06 gray shot and killed.” ...

In reality, wolf packs are usually much less complicated. Doesn't work for wolves in the wild Calling wolves alpha and beta animals comes from research on wolves in captivity, says Barbara Zimmermann.