Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of a gray wolf using its paw to steady a wire crab trap on a rocky beach while sniffing for bait inside.© A-Z Animals ...

A female wild wolf on the central coast of British Columbia was caught on video pulling a crab trap out of the ocean and eating the bait, marking the first documented case of tool use by the animal.

Many animals have been observed using tools. For example, chimps tear leaves off of branches and stick them into holes to pull out termites, and wild dingoes have been observed moving objects to stand ...