On Sept. 26, Red Wolf 2323 — father to the world’s only red wolf pups in the wild — followed the scent of a bear carcass to the edge of U.S. 64, which cuts through the refuge, ...

The red wolf is the world's most endangered wolf species. The only wild population is in North Carolina, with just 13 known individuals. An environmental group has sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Every American red wolf alive right now is descended from only 14 canids. In the 1970s, humans drove the red wolf to the brink of extinction. Because of that, red wolves today have low genetic ...

The red wolf could be delisted by 2072, the agency concluded, providing “all actions are fully funded and implemented” and with “full cooperation of all partners. ...

Smaller than the gray is the red wolf, at roughly 66 centimeters (26 inches) at the shoulder, and ranging in weight from ...

Fears about how the red wolves would affect deer and other species have persisted in northeastern North Carolina. A new study counted animals to find out.

A long-awaited viability study says the endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but it's going to take “substantial management efforts beyond many of those currently implemented.”.

The red wolf once roamed much of the southeastern United States, but was placed on the endangered species list in the early 1970s — the population decimated by shrinking territory, ...