Red wolves once ranged far and wide across the U.S., helping them earn the nickname “America's wolf.” But there are now ...

Map by Jose Barrios, USFWS. From 2002 to 2014, the wild red wolf population consistently numbered over 100 animals. But starting in 2012, the population began to decline due to actions taken by the ...

This took place not in the remote backcountry of the Rocky Mountains, but in the flat and swampy terrain of eastern North Carolina, where the Service decided to release red wolves into the Alligator ...

“Muppet’s tragic death brings North Carolina’s beleaguered red wolves one step closer to extinction,” said Will Harlen, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The world’s most ...

The only place in the world you will find red wolves in the wild is right here in eastern North Carolina on the ...

During a recent visit to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, Harlan watched as breeding male Oka roamed around his ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— Five endangered red wolf pups have died after their father was killed by a vehicle in their last remaining refuge in eastern North Carolina, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed ...

The population peaked in North Carolina in 2006 at around 130, but has since declined to between 25 and 35 individuals. Red wolves grow up to 26 inches tall, and adults measure about four feet in ...