GPS Tracking Shows How Much Wolf Packs Avoid Each Other’s Range

This image of GPS tracking of multiple wolves in six different packs is an excellent illustration of how much wolf packs in general avoid each other’s range.

Image credit: Thomas Gable
The pictures, created in the framework of Voyageurs Wolf Project conducted in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, USA, show typical adjacent wolf pack territories that are somewhere around 50-70 square miles (but that can vary from year to year).

That’s about the size of the areas marked with the different colors. The white line marks the boundary of the national park.