The January full moon is often called the Wolf Moon so I thought a January howling wolf would be nice! The Wolf Moon this week was also a Supermoon.

Wolves howl to communicate over long distances. They are nocturnal so they do most of their howling at night but they aren't actually howling at the moon. They point their faces towards the sky for better acoustics, because projecting their howl upward carries sound farther.

An average howl lasts from 3 to 7 seconds, a chorus by a pack can last from 30 to 120 seconds and longer during the breeding season in February, so wolves are particularly loud and vocal for the first few months of the year, which is why they are probably associated with the month of January.