Isle Royale
National Park
Michigan (USA, Lake Superior)Designated in 1940894 km²
Home of the longest-running predator-prey study in the world, under way since 1958, on wolves and moose isolated on an island
Area
894 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1940
Declared in 1940, this remote island out in Lake Superior has hosted since 1958 the longest continuous scientific study in the world of the predator-prey relationship between a single wolf population and a single moose population, naturally isolated from the mainland by the lake's freezing water. The study has documented complete cycles of population boom and collapse across more than sixty years, and in 2018 the National Park Service brought in new wolves from the mainland after the original pack all but collapsed from severe inbreeding.
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Isle Royale: 98 documented species
Mammals22Birds39Reptiles10Amphibians
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in the United States, where Isle Royale lies.
DesertTemperate forestTundra / polarWetland
Experiences in this park
Diving and snorkellingBirdwatching
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0 km away
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