Dates for the 2026 season are May 9-17, May 20-28, June 2-10 and July 31-Aug. 8. If you are an experienced backpacker at least 18 years old, applications are now open for the 2026 scientific research ...

Researchers monitored the trails of both wolves and beaver lodges and noticed how beavers are influencing wolves' migrating ...

New research published in Nature Scientific Reports reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift ...

A last-minute medical issue grounded researchers' annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter, marking yet another year that scientists have run into problems trying to count the animals ...

Our trip to Isle Royale was not starting well. My husband, Ed, and I had come up with a plan for our first adventure on the island, a national park famed for its rugged wilderness. We'd start at ...

For half a century, Rolf Peterson has visited a remote island in Lake Superior where the snow comes up to his hip and the cold wind is fierce enough to split a tree trunk. During the trips, he studies ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Gnawing leisurely on the remains of a moose carcass, the wolf pack's alpha male seemed unaware that mortal danger was coming ever closer. Suddenly the eight-member rival pack ...

ISLE ROYALE — The National Park Service killed a wolf on Isle Royale that became reliant on visitors' food and showed signs of habituation. The wolf was one of two "problem wolves" with an "escalating ...

WINDIGO, Mich. — A last-minute medical issue grounded researchers' annual wolf-moose survey on Isle Royale this past winter, marking yet another year that scientists have run into problems trying to ...