Spotting wolves in the wild is a once-in-a-lifetime thrill for many. This wolf, once declared extinct, is making a slow ...

Environmentalists hoping to secure more stringent protections for North Carolina’s red wolves make their case Wednesday afternoon in a federal courtroom. Few in number but high in profile, red wolves ...

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, carrying ...

Red wolves were reintroduced to North Carolina in 1987. Their peak population since then was about 120 animals, in 2012.

The only remaining wild red wolves live in a five-county region in northeastern North Carolina. They are threatened by poaching and, increasingly, by vehicle strikes.

Three red wolf pups who were born this past spring at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham have officially been given ...

But there’s another predator in the way — humans. A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C.

The red wolf program might seem messy now, but its work to resurrect an animal that went extinct in the wild was a minor miracle. For nearly a century, red wolves were gunned down by order of ...

Two red wolves, Male 1414 and Female 1287, at SSP site Museum Life and Science in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 22, 2013. (B. Bartel/USFWS) ...