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Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone helped entire ecosystem thrive, 20-year study finds

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The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s had a cascading effect that benefited the entire ecosystem.

The study shows how the return or loss of apex predators can affect every part of the food web.

It is one of the strongest trophic cascade effects reported in the scientific literature.