Typically, the longtime study of the island's wolf and moose populations does an aerial winter survey to estimate the animal ...

The "creel" study at Isle Royale will ask anglers to report on their catch rates, species, and fishing methods. This survey method is named after a “creel,” which is a basket historically used ...

Isle Royale's moose population, meanwhile, stands at 840, down 14% from last year. Overall, the moose population has declined by almost 60% since 2019, when the population peaked at a little more ...

DULUTH — The warmest, least snowy Northland winter in years, maybe decades, has taken another casualty: The long-standing Isle Royale moose and wolf survey conducted by scientists from Michigan ...

Wolf, moose numbers stabilize on Isle Royale Wolves from one of four packs now roaming Isle Royale. This year's winter survey found 30 wolves and 840 moose on the Lake Superior island.

Though unseasonably warm weather forced researchers to end their fieldwork early, excellent visibility and settled conditions aided them in completing the 65th annual Isle Royale Winter Study. Survey ...

CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for Feb. 1, 2024 04:00. A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers' annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park ...

The annual survey of wolf and moose populations on Isle Royale was published Wednesday, and it’s fair to say the outlook for key elements of the island’s ecological health is not improving.

A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers' annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades. Isle ...

On Monday, he is scheduled to embark on the 61st annual survey of moose and wolves on Isle Royale, an isolated island in the icy waters of Lake Superior.

The National Park Service has pulled researchers off of Isle Royale due to unsafe ice conditions, scrubbing the annual survey of moose and wolves on Lake Superior's largest island.