{"id":590965,"date":"2026-04-07T09:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:42:17","slug":"yellowstone-grizzly-bear-ambushed-by-wolves-in-battle-over-carcass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590965\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone grizzly bear ambushed by wolves in battle over carcass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated April 6, 2026, 4:33 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Grizzly bears are known to displace wolves from food sources and claim the meat for themselves. But it doesn\u2019t always work that way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The accompanying footage, captured last Thursday in Yellowstone National Park, shows two wolves ambushing a \u201cginormous\u201d grizzly bear that was approaching a carcass the wolves had previously claimed.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/87209460007-1232747139.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:396px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89486659007-wolves-v-bear-2.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grizzly bear harassed by wolves.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The startled bear took up a defensive position atop a slope as other wolves appeared, then the bear charged down the slope toward the carcass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2026\/04\/06\/rattlesnake-texas-bedroom-police-share-misleading-photo\/89484357007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO: Rattlesnake found in Texas bedroom, striking image stirs emotions<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">From photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wildloveimages_julieargyle\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Argyle<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWxxRFdjWVB\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cA carcass, wolves, and a ginormous grizzly. After watching wolves feed on a carcass for most of the day, we noticed something moving near the tree line. There, coming towards the carcass at a dead run was this amazing Grizzly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe wolves had retreated to the sage and most were sleeping, unaware of the bear. Once the Bear reached the area where the wolves were, the wolves must\u2019ve smelled him, and they immediately let out a low howl, stopping the bear in his tracks, and then all chaos broke out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWxxRFdjWVB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Argyle told FTW Outdoors that the bear eventually reached the carcass, which was beyond her field of vision, but 20 minutes later the wolves were spotted &#8220;chasing it back up the slope and up to the tree line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Grizzly bears are fresh out of hibernation and eager to pack calories.\u00a0In early spring much of the diet for bears and wolves comes from winter-killed bison and elk, whose carcasses become uncovered during the thaw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It\u2019s likely that the bear in the footage returned to the carcass at some point.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated April 6, 2026, 4:33 p.m. ET Grizzly bears are known to displace wolves from food sources and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[202558,64,63,128,213303,213304,206632,288629,203220,213307,202991,213306,206691,288630,288628,202561,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-590965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-sstssportsoutdoors","13":"tag-sstsnoutdoors","14":"tag-tagaccidents-disasters","15":"tag-taggrizzly-bears","16":"tag-taginstagram","17":"tag-taglocal-affiliate-travel","18":"tag-tagoverall-negative","19":"tag-tagregional-parks-gardens","20":"tag-tagwildlife","21":"tag-tagwolves","22":"tag-tagyellowstone-national-park","23":"tag-typestory","24":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}