1.1M views · 83K reactions | What’s the significance of the howl to a wolf? “They use it to mark territory. So, they howl together as a pack… They also will howl at intruders to get them to leave,” says Peggy Callahan, who runs the Wildlife Science Center in Minnesota. https://cbsn.ws/3XBwkeu | 60 Minutes | Facebook

Do you know why wolves howl at the moon? The truth is they don't. Wolves howl to communicate, to gather their pack, defend territory, or locate each other across long distances. People noticed wolves often howling at night, silhouetted against the moon, and linked the behavior to lunar cycles. But wolves don't howl more during a full moon than any other time. Their haunting calls are powerful social tools, not mystical lunar chants. The howling at the moon image is just a poetic myth born from n