The two dozen or so gray wolves that wander an island chain in northwestern Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, posing yet another challenge to their prospects for long-term survival, according to wildlife biologists.
It is difficult to consider the Timberwolves the envy of the NBA.
Federal officials say a record 1,645 gray wolves counted in the Northern Rockies this winter shows the predators' population remains strong, but is no longer expanding as rapidly as in past years.
Today's dogs are descendants of ancient wolves. Now, it turns out, at least some of today's wolves inherited traits from ancient dogs.
Wyoming is revising its gray wolf management plan in hopes of placating concerns about providing enough protection for the animals, but environmentalists said the changes are inadequate because wolves can still be shot on sight in most of the state.
A large, gray wolf frequently seen by visitors to Denali National Park has a good chance at survival after a snare was removed from its neck late last week.
Two wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to keep federal agencies from aggressively removing endangered Mexican gray wolves that have attacked livestock more than twice from a recovery program in Arizona and New Mexico.
Tony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyoming's Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away.
Good news for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains: They no longer need federal protection. The bad news for the animals? Plans are already in the works to hunt them.
Riddle me this: If two puzzle games are traveling on two trains, one coming from the north, the other arriving from the south, the former chugging along at 33 mph and the latter zipping along at 103 mph but weighed down by a car full of wet ferrets, which game will be more fun to play — the one that stars a man in a fancy top hat and a boy with an adorable British accent, or the one that features a bunch of wayward fish trying to make their way to open water?
More gray wolves mean more pronghorn antelope in the Yellowstone area, according to researchers who say the region's rebounding wolf population is killing and scaring off coyotes that otherwise prey on pronghorn.
Children in the village of Marshall do not go out alone without an adult. They have been told to stay inside after dark. When night falls, three sentries are posted along the village periphery to keep the wolves out.
Four endangered Mexican gray wolves born at the Mexico City zoo in early May ventured out of their lair Tuesday, charming photographers and passers-by.
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction barring Wisconsin from killing gray wolves, siding with animal welfare and environmental groups that argue the killing violates the Endangered Species Act.
While sparing orphaned animals the pain and suffering of starvation might be the humane thing to do, it also hands the animal-rights crowd a gift on a silver platter.
Alaska is a dream whose grandeur is in the grip of special interests that increasingly favor exploitation over preservation.
Does anyone but me care about what the lunatic governor of Alaska is doing? Her latest plan is to kill wolf puppies with poison gas.
"Palin's Board of Game has approved the use of poison gas and deadly snares to kill defenseless wolf pups and their families in and around their dens, " stated the Defenders of Wildlife.
Unique coastal wolves range from Southern Alaska to Vancouver Island. Their fur has a red tint and their diet includes salmon, beached whales, and seals.
In a blow to environmental groups and a boost for ranchers, the Obama administration announced Friday that it would take the gray wolf off the endangered species list in Montana and Idaho, though it left the predator under federal protection in Wyoming.
In a move that is certain to rile environmental activists, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today upheld a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is upholding a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes from the endangered list.
In the winter of 1995 a low howl ricocheted across the flourishing forests of Yellowstone National Park, a sound that hadn't been heard in over seventy years.
Beyond all odds, a young female wolf from Montana has crossed the vast divide from Yellowstone, through Idaho and Utah, and is now in Eagle County, Colorado.
The ravings of an idioit if you care to read them.
MARQUETTE, Mich. - Michigan and federal officials are investigating the poaching of a gray wolf in Schoolcraft County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say the wolf probably was killed between Jan. 8 and Feb. 4.
Wolves aren't the elk eliminators some people paint them to be - nor are they blameless in the reduction of Montana's elk population, a new report says.
Palin knows from personal experience that moose is an important food source for humans in Alaska, but Ashley Judd doesn't care about the humans in Alaska – unless they're buying movie tickets.
There have been a number of seeds that in the recent past have been posted on Newsvine. Opinions of some, I believe good people, have been formed because of false information or lack of information. This is the slaugther of the wolf from the air in Alaska.
In a bit of genetic sleuthing, a team of researchers has determined that black wolves and coyotes in North America got their distinctive color from dogs that carried a gene mutation to the New World.
The black wolves that haunt scary stories would have been mere fiction were it not for domestic dogs. A recent study surprised scientists by revealing that the gene for darker coats in gray wolves, at least in North America, originated in our best furry friends.
Wolves have acquired a genetic mutation for dark coat colour through mating with domestic dogs, scientists report. Dark coats could help wolves adapt and survive in new environments, the international team argues.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is not making many friends in animal rights circles for her bold proposition to expand aerial killing of wolves in her state.
Alaska governor Sarah Palin's support for aerial wolf-hunting has sparked a heated cross-country war of words between the governor and an environmental ad campaign fronted by the actress Ashley Judd, with Palin calling the organization funding the ads an "extreme fringe group …
No trace remains of the wolves whose howls ricocheted for millennia down the lush valleys of the Olympic Peninsula. Settlers and trappers killed them all in little more than three decades.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that the Western Great Lakes (WGL) and portions of the Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) gray wolf populations will soon be removed from the endangered species list.
The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list.
President George W. Bush's administration says it is removing gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains from the federal endangered species list.
As more and more gray wolves arrive in the state, Oregonians are gradually recognizing that the once-native predators may find ways to live in Oregon without stirring up the conflict or trouble some had feared, a state biologist says.