--- title: Carnivore Comeback: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe description: Data was pulled from all over Europe canonical: https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-19T08:37:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:00:30.276Z article:section: Science og:title: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe og:description: Success owed to cross-border cooperation, strong regulations and public support. og:url: https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e0de2c8e36bebad/6987700c524fc02ac7deb89f/rtxzrfl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: A Siberian lynx sits inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe twitter:description: Success owed to cross-border cooperation, strong regulations and public support. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e0de2c8e36bebad/6987700c524fc02ac7deb89f/rtxzrfl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Carnivore Comeback: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe > Sponsored content. 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A new [study](http://www.livescience.com/49191-bears-wolves-carnivores-thriving-europe.html) finds that Europe’s other large carnivores are experiencing a resurgence in their numbers, too — and mostly in [nonprotected areas](http://www.livescience.com/43213-unsettled-science-gray-wolf-peer-review.html) where the animals coexist alongside humans. The [success](http://www.livescience.com/49191-bears-wolves-carnivores-thriving-europe.html) is owed to cross-border cooperation, strong regulations and a public attitude that brings wildlife into the fold with human society, rather than banishing it to the wilderness, according to study leader Guillaume Chapron, a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences’ Grimsö Wildlife Research Station… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-lynx-thrive-europe-n271366?cid=par-time-article%5F20141219) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/"},"headline":"Carnivore Comeback: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe","datePublished":"2014-12-19T08:37:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:00:30.276Z","description":"Data was pulled from all over Europe","url":"https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/","keywords":["animals","europe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e0de2c8e36bebad/6987700c524fc02ac7deb89f/rtxzrfl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e0de2c8e36bebad/6987700c524fc02ac7deb89f/rtxzrfl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Siberian lynx sits inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk","caption":"A Siberian lynx sits inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk","creditText":"Ilya Naymushin—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3641595/carnivore-comeback-wolves-bears-and-lynx-thrive-in-europe/","name":"Carnivore Comeback: Wolves, Bears and Lynx Thrive in Europe"}}]}] ```