Popularized the alpha wolf concept. A great deal of research was done on the wolf's pack structure in the 1960s and 1970s, but this was mainly on wolves in captivity, Zimmermann said.

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In reality, wolf packs are usually much less complicated. Doesn't work for wolves in the wild Calling wolves alpha and beta animals comes from research on wolves in captivity, says Barbara Zimmermann.

In contrast, wild wolf packs are usually made up of a breeding male, a breeding female and their offspring from the past two or three years that have not yet set out on their own—perhaps six to ...

It's a Myth That Alpha Wolves and Alpha Dogs Are Myths . The best places to go concerning what we know about wild wolves are four books by one of the world's wolf experts, Rick McIntyre.

The Myth of the Alpha Wolf. ... “We found that even more important than pack size was whether a pack had an old individual, male or female,” she said. At six years old, ...

Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack failed in a recent attempt to kill a bison, but the pack appears to be thriving again after the death of its former alpha female, Wolf 907F.

The concept of an “alpha wolf” which fights for dominance in its pack to become its leader rose to popularity in the 1950s and has since been used as a metaphor to refer to individuals who are ...