Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves in the Great Bear Rainforest Nov. 7, 2024

Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves in the Great Bear Rainforest

Amidst the mist-covered cedars and Sitka spruces of Canada"s Great Bear Rainforest, the Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf roams free. These canines, seen in British Columbia in today"s image, thrive in this ecosystem, which stretches from the north of Vancouver Island to the Alaskan border. This unique subspecies of the grey wolf is specific to the region and leads a semi-aquatic lifestyle, swimming between islands in search of food. Their diet primarily consists of fish, clams, mussels, crabs, otters and seals. This marine-based diet is a major difference with other wolf species, which feed almost exclusively on meat. These animals live in closely bonded groups, communicating with each other through growls, barks and whines, so they"re often heard before they are seen.

© Nick Garbutt/Alamy Stock Photo

palette

Today in History

Blood moon
Nov. 7, 2023Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
Nov. 7, 2025Polar Bear Week

More Desktop Wallpapers:

A window to the Pacific
Babbling on and on
One on land, a million in space
Aug. 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, United States
Sep. 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, USA-Canada border
Jun. 14, 2024Peggys Point Lighthouse
Staying in the loop
Feb. 3, 2025Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
Dec. 16, 2023Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
Feb. 18, 2024World Whale Day
Have a merry little Christmas
A bevy of buzzers
Pearl among the emeralds
Rugged coasts and temperate rainforests
Dec. 20, 2023Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
The most active volcano in the world
Jun. 24, 2024Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
Apr. 7, 2024International Beaver Day
A dramatic celebration of peace
Nov. 28, 2025Val Brandet, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Stealthy pollinators
Dec. 29, 2023Oud-West neighbourhood, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep. 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
Its puffling season!
May 31, 2024Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
Oct. 26, 2024Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
Among the cedar and spruce
Jun. 23, 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nov. 29, 2023Rockefeller Centre Christmas tree lighting
Apr. 3, 2025Rufous hummingbird