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On Christmas Day 2024, tragedy struck Yellowstone's Junction Butte wolf pack. The group's legendary one-eyed leader, Wolf 907F, died after a confrontation with a rival pack. Now, in a new video, ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

A hunter in central New York shot a wild gray wolf, the first verified and documented case of the species south of the St. Lawrence River in decades, which was confirmed by DNA testing and displayed ...

A Helena judge has allowed the wolf hunting and trapping regulations the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted earlier this year to stand, despite flagging “serious concerns” about the state’s ...

Schoolchildren from New Mexico and Arizona celebrated the birth of five Mexican gray wolf pups by naming the latest litter of the critically endangered species, conservation groups announced Tuesday.

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti is one of nine packs living in Yellowstone as of December 2024. Jim Peaco ...

Asha first captured public imagination when the endangered wolf twice wandered outside the bounds of the wolf recovery area in 2023, but the female Mexican gray wolf just embarked on a new adventure: ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...