Yellowstone’s Wolves Are Changing Rivers – Here’s the Science Behind the Phenomenon
On winter mornings in Yellowstone, the story looks simple: a distant howl, a nervous elk, a quiet bend in a willow-lined creek. The truth is richer and a little messier, and that’s where the science gets exciting. Since wolves were reintroduced in the mid‑1990s, riparian plants have rebounded in pockets, beavers have built new ponds, ...