Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest it may be the first recorded ...

When a wild wolf encounters a potential meal, its instinct is usually to pounce -- but researchers in western Canada have recorded at least one wolf taking a strikingly different approach. The ...

P ASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - Pass Christian’s longtime holiday tradition has returned this year with the Crab Trap Tree set up for the season. The Crab Trap Tree at the harbor has been around for ...

WHERE temperate rainforest meets the Pacific Ocean near Bella Bella, British Columbia, the Heiltsuk, a Canadian First Nation, ...

Researchers Kyle Artelle and Paul Paquet tell The National about the moment they captured a wolf pulling up crab traps, similar to how humans would — the first known instance of the animal using a ...

State wildlife officials are flying the California coast this week, counting humpback and blue whales to determine whether ...

One damp spring evening last year, a wolf hauled a crab trap ashore off the central Pacific coast of British Columbia. The rangy animal made a delectable meal of the bait inside, and unknowingly ...

Wild wolves living in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory on BC’s central coast have learned to pull crab traps out of the ocean—behaviour that represents the first documented case of potential tool use in ...

To catch the culprit, they set up cameras around the traps. The very next day, they had their answer. Around 9 p.m. on May 29, 2024, a clever gray wolf was recorded swimming out to the buoy, carrying ...

The camera traps, which are now a permanent feature in the Haíɫzaqv crab-hunting areas, have yet to capture a second incident of a wolf hauling up submerged bait. However, the researchers did ...