The scientific name for a wolf is Canis lupus. Interestingly, this name comes from Latin, where the word Canis means dog and ...

While Hollywood may portray the howls of wolves in various ways, new research has found the animals do indeed have different 'accents,' based on their breed and location. Researchers pinpointed 21 ...

Of the many animals protected by the Endangered Species Act, there may be no other species more American than red wolf. Known as "America's wolf," red wolves are the only species of wolf that live in ...

Once a US conservation success story, numbers in the wild have plummeted. Now a court has given hope for their survival There are perhaps no more than 10 red wolves left in the wild, and they are all ...

As the human population grows and urban areas become ever more expansive, our settlements are coming into closer contact with large carnivores such as wolves, foxes, dingoes and bears. The gray wolf ...

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. - In April, the latest glimmer of hope appeared here in the only spot on Earth where endangered red wolves remain in the wild. Five pups were born to a ...

Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin holding a puppy named after ...

UNTIL now, many of us have considered ourselves an early bird or a night owl, but as it turns out, there are actually four types of sleepers – a bear, wolf, lion and dolphin. American sleep expert Dr ...