With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) — the largest member of the dog family — is a wilderness icon. Once the most widespread mammal on ...

Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds. By Lesley Evans Ogden Lesley Evans Ogden previously ...

After nearly a century’s absence, gray wolves continue to recolonize California, bringing changes and challenges to the state and its inhabitants. Ongoing research and monitoring programs are helping ...

Human tolerance to their presence, he added, determines whether wolves can live in a place. They reproduce rapidly, with an average litter size of 4-5 pups each year. Between December and February, ...