Wolves were nearly wiped from North America not because they were dangerous, but because settlers misunderstood something ...

A famous wolf and her pack left Yellowstone, leaving them vulnerable to hunting.

The old method for counting wolf numbers in Michigan relied on winter tracks that could be labor and time-intensive for the DNR. A burgeoning strategy of remote cameras is proving just as accurate and ...

Congress removed wolves in Montana and Idaho from the protection of the Endangered Species Act in April. And this fall, the killing began. As of Wednesday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game ...

Wolves are one of the deadliest apex predators on earth. We take a look at the biggest wolf - and how do they compare to dogs ...

Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans. The study, published in ...

ORR, Minn. – Wildlife researchers often focus on rates of survival and causes of mortality. Sometimes one animal serves to illustrate both. Within minutes of the start of a field expedition in ...

Wolves have been given a bad reputation over the years, causing many people to imagine them as vicious creatures, eagerly attacking unsuspecting innocents. For the most part, though, these ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a sunny morning two years ago, a group of state officials stood in the mountains ...

After centuries of near-extinction, Europe's wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing by nearly 60%. In 2022, more than 21,500 wolves were ...

A gray wolf was illegally shot and killed just north of Yellowstone National Park last month. According to wolf advocates, wildlife watchers and guides, the wolf mostly lived inside the park and was ...