Scientists have documented what may be the first instance of a wild wolf using a tool, according to footage published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Although the intelligence of wolves is well known, the discovery adds to an expanding list of animals capable of manipulating tools to forage for food, a trait once thought to be unique to humans. “It’s not a surprise they have the capacity to do this,” said Kyle Artelle, an ecologist with the State University of New York College of Environme

Researchers captured footage of wild wolves in British Columbia using crab traps to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals. | The Weather Network

Several wolves have been spotted pulling crab traps from waters off Canada’s west coast in what scientists say may be the first documented case of the animals using a tool. | NBC News

New video shows a man approaching a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Keith Allen Kerbs recorded the footage on October 6, saying he was photographing the five black wolves when the man approached them. The video shows the man spraying what he describes as bear spray at the wolves as he enters a ravine. The wolves eventually backed off, and the man walked away. The National Park Service says there have been no reports of wolves attacking humans in Yellowstone and recommends visitors s

You’re looking at one of the most extraordinary wildlife moments ever caught on camera — a coastal wolf in British Columbia dragging in a human crab trap… and doing it with purpose. Now, coastal wolves are already one of the most unique wolf populations on Earth. They swim between islands, they fish, they hunt seals, they live half their lives in the ocean’s spray. But this? This is something different. This could be *tool use*. Scientists at the University of Victoria have been studying these w