Listening to the Wild: What Wolf Howls Can Teach Us

Just before dawn in Yellowstone National Park, something ancient fills the valley. A wolf howl rises — low, long, carrying for miles through the cold air. To most visitors, it is breathtaking. To Taylor Rabe and Amir Dehbi, Conservation Nation fellows working at the frontier of wildlife science, it is data.  Wolves are among the most ecologically important, and socially controversial animals in […]

by Conservation Nation

Going Wild at America’s National Parks

We’re in a traffic jam. This is not your typical Friday afternoon slowdown on the Kennedy, though—this is traffic Wyoming-style. A herd of bison has taken over our two-lane road through Yellowstone. Wildlife has the right-of-way here, so we’re going nowhere. Looking to escape suburbia and head into the wilderness on your next vacation? Follow […]

by Andrea Guthmann