Washington Post [no paywall]: “Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered. This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is helping to rewrite the story of the big, bad wolf, with a surprise twist. Studies have found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives. Discoveries like this are adding new dimensions to our understanding of what we lose when we lose species. Interdisciplinary work linking ecology and economics is revealing hidden ways that species such as frogs, vultures and bats help humanity.

Washington Post [no paywall]: “Studies have found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives. But the continued recovery of the gray wolf is not guaranteed, as President Donald Trump’s administration aims to reduce protections for wolves…”