Latest Wolves News

Wandering wolf of the Southwest confined through 2025 breeding season in hopes of producing pups

Jul. 25, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An exceptionally restless female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha will be held in captivity with a potential mate through another breeding season in hopes of aiding the recovery of the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday. Asha captivated...

Groups sue to restore endangered species protection for US northern Rockies wolves

Jul. 10, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.S. Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators' numbers...

Awwww! Four endangered American red wolf pups 'thriving' since birth at Missouri wildlife reserve

Jul. 09, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The world's most endangered wolf species got a big boost at a Missouri wildlife reserve — four little puppies born this spring. The April 26 birth of a female American red wolf pup named Otter was followed by a litter of three other pups — Molly and her...

No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.

Jun. 13, 2024 14:59 PM EDT

Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years. The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While gray...

Verdict in for wildlife mystery in Nevada where DNA tests show suspected wolves were coyotes

May. 14, 2024 18:48 PM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The verdict is in. The latest wildlife mystery in Nevada has been solved. Scientists who set out on a trail through the snow near the Idaho line to gather evidence like detectives in search of a suspect relied on the scat and fur samples they collected to...

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit challenging state's new wolf management plan

May. 06, 2024 17:07 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday. Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke threw out the case that accused Wisconsin wildlife officials of violating the...

US House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states

Apr. 30, 2024 19:02 PM EDT

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans in passing the bill. The measure now goes to the Senate, but it...

Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say

Apr. 30, 2024 08:03 AM EDT

Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on a remote Lake Superior island this winter due to unusually warm weather announced Tuesday that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island...