Author Archives: Nathan Lyle

The media and scientific literature are increasingly reporting an escalation of large carnivore attacks on humans in North America and Europe. Although rare compared to human fatalities by other wildlife, the media often overplay large carnivore attacks on humans, causing … read more

During April 2024–April 2025, we studied the wolf population in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE), Minnesota to understand wolf population dynamics and how changes in population dynamics are connected to or influence predation behavior, wolf pup survival, and changes in … read more

In February 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced their intention to develop – for the first time – a National Recovery Plan under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for gray wolves in the lower 48 states. In August … read more

Kasper et al. experimentally demonstrate that wolves and their ungulate prey significantly fear humans, thereby verifying that fear of predominantly diurnal humans causes all to be nocturnal. Wolves remained fearful of humans even where legally protected, indicating that accessing human-related … read more

The public’s values related to wildlife are shifting in much of the United States, resulting in a growing number of citizen-led ballot initiatives focused on greater protection of wildlife, especially carnivores. To fight these ballot initiatives, traditional stakeholder groups have … read more

Expanding gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations in Europe and North America contribute to increased risks of livestock predation, which can threaten human livelihoods and lead government agencies to target wolves for lethal removal. Public wolf hunting is a highly contentious … read more