Two Mexican wolf pups born in captivity last week in Westchester County have been flown to a wildlife refuge in Indiana, part of a federally funded program aimed at preventing the extinction of one of North America’s rarest mammals. Continue reading
Two Mexican wolf pups born in captivity last week in Westchester County have been flown to a wildlife refuge in Indiana, part of a federally funded program aimed at preventing the extinction of one of North America’s rarest mammals. Continue reading
This is an excellent source of information that I highly recommend any wolf advocate having in their favorites. Continue reading
BATTLE CREEK (AP) — Future generations of Mexican gray wolves will be able to thank Binder Park Zoo for their existence. Continue reading
Cherokee, IOWA (KTIV) - Friday night, it arrived in a cardboard box, Cherokee Regional Medical Center’s next patient. There, not to treat a dire condition, but because it’s part of a dire wolf. A piece of skull to be precise. Continue reading
No wolf pups were counted on Isle Royale this winter, leading biologists to question whether inbreeding in the small population is affecting reproduction. Continue reading
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan are increasingly threatened, scientists said Monday, with no pups spotted during the past year and concern growing that the animals may have stopped reproducing. Continue reading
The Falkland Islands wolf, long extinct, is the only land-based mammal native to the islands. European explorers in the 17th century were puzzled by the presence of this lone mammalian species, as was Charles Darwin. Continue reading
The next time you visit Yellowstone National Park and manage to snap a great wolf photo, you could also be helping researchers as they monitor everything from infectious diseases to breeding habits among the elusive animals. Continue reading
Standing in the middle of the National Elk Refuge, a small band of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees watch the approaching helicopter. Continue reading
Werner Freund doesn’t dance with wolves to get close to them — he feeds them raw meat from his mouth. Continue reading
New research from a group of British scientists has provided a more detailed look into the selective diet of wolves living in northwestern Italy. Continue reading
Eastern wolves, which used to live in the northeastern United States, but now remain only in southeastern Canada, qualify as a distinct species from their western cousins, according to a review by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists. Continue reading
An estimated 10 wolves from Yellowstone National Park have been killed by hunters this month, adversely affecting the park’s wolf research program, one of the longest studies of its kind. Continue reading
In a paper published in the latest issue of Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2012(4), paleontologists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, reported new materials of a fossil wolf, Canis Chihliensis, from the newly discovered Shanshenmiaozui Locality in the Nihewan Basin, North China.
LONDON, Oct. 26 (UPI) — Africa’s only wolf species, the Ethiopian wolf, is genetically vulnerable and faces a risk of extinction, scientists say. Continue reading
What are the key ingredients to raising successful, self-sufficient offspring? A new life sciences study using 14 years of data on gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park indicates that cooperative group behavior and a mother’s weight are crucial. Continue reading
It’s early November 2011 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The infamous Halloween Nor’easter that brought an early snowstorm farther north has blown down many a house. Now, days later, another nor’easter has snuck up on this flatline of beach. Continue reading
Looking back in time, who was the top predator of the American prairie ecosystem? Wolves, grizzly bears… humans? Continue reading
Less than two decades after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, viral diseases like mange threaten the stability of the new population. Continue reading
The wolf population in Yellowstone National Park is facing a vicious new predator: sarcoptic mange. Continue reading