Five new pups at Durham museum are a lifeline for world’s rarest wolf in the wild

The birth of the Red Wolf pups is a celebration for the museum in their decades-long efforts to save the animal from ...

The gray wolf’s improbable California comeback continues as population hits modern record number

After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, ...
KJZZ

Wild Mexican gray wolves have a lack of genetic diversity. Expert says clock is ticking to fix it

Last month, Mexican gray wolves hit another important milestone in the effort to reintroduce them in the wild across the ...
The Cool Down on MSN

With fewer than 30 left in the wild, red wolves get a cloning lifeline

The "de-extinction" effort could give recovery programs an important new tool.
The Cool Down on MSN

Quiet drive home turns unsettling after wolf appears near La Pine

"We look closer at it, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, that's a wolf.'" ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Captured Mexican Gray Wolf Asha Released With Mate, Pups in New Mexico

SILVER CITY, N.M.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released into the wild an endangered Mexican gray wolf called Asha, along with her mate and pups. Asha was featured in National Geographic ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...

Pure wolves will likely never return to Maine

The controversy about whether wolves are re-establishing themselves in Maine still rages. Scientists say they will breed with coyotes.