Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wolf on Pleasant Island, Alaska, with a sea otter head in its mouth. Gretchen Roffler When Alaska’s wolves began eating sea ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.

Mercury-poisoned wolves in Alaska are providing evidence about how the heavy metal can travel through the atmosphere and show up in the food chain, according to findings published by Mongabay and ...

Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer and moose. In late 2020, a female coastal wolf ...

As one of the most widely distributed land animals, gray wolves are very adaptable and can flourish in a wide variety of habitats. Gray wolves are very social animals and live in packs, but pack sizes ...