The International Wolf Center talks to renowned wolf biologist David Mech about the wolf and parasite controversy.

Margaret Webb Pressler writes an article for the Washington Post about L. David Mech, wolf expert and senior research scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey.

Researchers published in the February issue of BioScience suggests that introducing tightly controlled wolf populations in to damaged ecosystems could both restore that ecosystem and improve the public image of wolves.

Sweden sends mixed messages about it’s wolf recovery program as they announce plans to import wolves to infuse new blood in to their small population.

A study carried out in the Basque Country suggests that wild dogs, not wolves, are the primary killer of sheep.

Excerpts have been published in an English newspaper from a book by British naturalist Shaun Ellis which documents two years of his life spent in the Rocky Mountains bonding with a wolf pack.

Dr. Jonathan Way, along with three others, authored a paper which concludes that eastern coyotes are actually hybrids of wolves and coyotes

With coywolves getting exposure in the news again – see Eastern Coyotes have a touch of wolf in them – So unique are these animals, that some are calling for the animal to be identified as a new species, HOWLColorado researched further.

A recently published study by researchers from Washington State University has shown that wolves in Idaho and Montana are now carriers of a wild strain of tapeworms – but there is no evidence the parasite can be transmitted to domestic livestock.

One of the major concerns related to hunting and killing of animals in any systematic way is the potential isolation of specific groups and the overall weakening of the gene pool for healthy future generations