Of all the myths that dog the wolf, none is more widely accepted than the idea that wolves howl at the moon. Images of wolves with their heads upturned, singing at the night sky, are as unquestioned ...

LAKE MINCHUMINA — The neighbors were carrying on again. Alerted by the reciprocating howls and shrieks of our tethered sled dogs, I stepped outside to listen. When the big huskies paused to listen, I ...

The sounds of the natural world, cloaked in darkness, can be spooky and mysterious. The howl of the wolf is perhaps the most haunting of all. As humans, we have a hard time decoding these long, ...