GRAND COUNTY — A stench from rotting flesh hovered in the hot, still air, a pungent reminder that death lay among the perfume of sagebrush and fresh-cut hay. On the edge of a meadow with tidy curved ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

These maps show snapshots of wolves hunted per county over time during the study period. Wolf hunting has prevented livestock loss in a measurable way, but it is by no means a silver bullet, according ...

A wolf released through Colorado’s controversial reintroduction program last winter met its end in north-central Wyoming last week, killed by federal agents who suspect the animal of preying on local ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Federal wildlife agents are working to kill gray wolves from six packs in western Montana in response to recent livestock attacks, as the number of dead wolves for 2009 continues to ...