Even though wolves in Alaska can eat almost everything that moves, their menu is typically deer. As wolves on one island off the state’s coast devoured nearly all of the deer around them, they turned to an unexpected substitute: sea otters.  This is the outcome of a new study, which documents a unique occurrence of a wolf population surviving in the absence of large terrestrial prey like moose or deer. It also emphasizes the uncertainty of species restoration efforts on local food webs, as environmentalists have attempted to safeguard and return wolves and sea otters to southeastern Alaska’s glacier-carved coastline.  … Continue reading Dwindling Deer Numbers In Alaska, Hungry Wolves Turn To Sea Otters