On a fenced U.S. preserve, a pair of heavy‑boned canids now stalk and play that, until recently, existed only in tar pits and ...

Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images Dogs were the first of any species that ...

The red wolf ( Canis rufus) is a medium-sized canid that stands about 26 inches (66 centimeters) at the shoulder and measures approximately four feet (1.2 meters) from nose to tail tip. Adults weigh ...

If you're longing to hear howls at dusk or spot something large and gray loping across the landscape, you're going to need to seek out the few remaining places in the United States where you can still ...

A US House committee has approved a measure that would delist the endangered Mexican gray wolf. But critics worry it would ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Scientists confirmed that a large animal shot by a hunter in central New York was a wild gray wolf, the first verified and documented case of the species south of the St.

(THE CONVERSATION) Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that ...

A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first ...

ALBUQUERQUE — It’s a carefully planned mission that involves coordination across state lines — from Mexican gray wolf dens hidden deep in the woods of New Mexico and Arizona to breeding facilities at ...

An advocacy group that monitors wild horse herds in Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday shared footage showing three wolves and a horse interacting in a manner that some might perceive to be playful. The ...