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Recent conflicts between wolves and people expose major shortcomings of America’s efforts to bring back predators.

Wolves are under federal protection, so new hunting and trapping rules taking effect in Wisconsin would apply to potential ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently published a report summarizing its management and conservation activities for gray wolves (Canis lupus) over the past 10 years. “Ten ...

A string of mild winters and scarce deer may have taken their toll on northern Minnesota's wolves. The wolf population in and around Voyageurs National Park dropped to roughly 100 this year, its ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on ...

Rowan and Cedar weighed only about a pound apiece at birth. Now, at about 3 months of age — which is toddlerhood for wolf pups — they weigh in at more than 30 pounds each. Rowan and Cedar, two wolf ...

The gray wolves of Chernobyl, living in a radioactive wasteland since the 1986 nuclear disaster, have developed surprising genetic adaptations that seem to protect them from cancer, a rare phenomenon ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Somewhere between a wolf gnawing at her dog’s leg and sitting on a Joe Rogan podcast, Diane Boyd ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Wildlife officials in the Northern Rockies said Wednesday they are considering hunting wolves in the name of research to get around a recent court ruling that restored federal ...