Scientists Debate Claim That “Extinct” Dire Wolves Are Back ...

Gray wolves and cougars are not only iconic to the Yellowstone National Park landscape, but they also play important roles in ...

Ravens have long been thought to follow wolves to find food, but new research shows they’re far more strategic. By tracking ...

Ranchers repeatedly stress they are not advocating extermination of the wolves, but workable management solutions. “We’re trying to be conservationists,” says Luke Morgan, Lightning Bolt Cattle Co.

Gray wolves are currently listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in most of the lower 48 states, except for the Northern Rocky Mountain population. In December 2025, the U.S. House ...

Wolves are already known as powerful apex predators, but their true size often surprises people. While many imagine them as ...

This story was updated on January 8, 2026. 2025 was an eventful year for Mexican wolves. The imperiled predators — a subspecies of gray wolf reintroduced to the Southwest in 1998 — appeared to be ...

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On a remote Alaskan island, gray wolves are rewriting the rulebook by hunting sea otters — a behavior few scientists ever expected to see. Researchers are now uncovering how these coastal wolves ...