Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Understanding a Species Endangered

About this course:

Wolves have had a long and contradictory association with humans–targeted by hunters and conservationists alike, and simultaneously despised, mythologized and admired. In this course, we review the effects of the wolf’s near eradication and subsequent reintroduction, particularly in Yellowstone National Park. We examine modern pack migration into Oregon and California and wolf patterns in relation to global warming trends and the federal endangered species act. We  also discuss the evolution of wolves in relation to dogs, wolf-human interaction, trophic cascade, pack behavior, chaos theory and wolf biochemistry.