In 2015, one of the animals killed was a female red wolf, known to be exhibiting denning behavior, who had previously mothered a total of 16 pups through four separate litters. The USFWS biologists ...

In the Ethiopian highlands, researchers documented what may be the first and only known example of a large meat-eating predator regularly indulging in nectar, nature’s sweet treat. This unusual ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— In response to a legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a new recovery plan for the red wolf, the world’s most endangered ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— After years of litigation and advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity and its allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday night that it is revitalizing the ...

Earlier this year, four American red wolf pups were born at the destination's Sears Lehmann Jr. Wildlife Reserve, the zoo’s property in Franklin County that is "dedicated to conserving the most ...

Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home last June, when red wolf breeding male No. 2444 was ...

Red wolves grow up to 26 inches tall, and adults measure about four feet in length from tail tip to nose. They range in weight from about 45 to 80 pounds, and have pointy ears and broad muzzles ...