Researchers plan to relocate mainland wolves to an island in Lake Superior in an effort to boost the near-extinct predator population and limit the growth of local moose herds.

Specialists from the state’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks are working to determine what creature a rancher shot and killed.

A federal court had ordered the Idaho Fish and Game Department to destroy data collected from a protected wilderness area. 

A US Court of Appeals ruled that the Interior Department acted prematurely in removing the animals from the endangered species list.

Researchers pinpoint the genes that make pooches so dang affable.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

The selection of traits suitable for human companionship may have dragged along some unfavorable alleles.

A genomic study suggests that dogs diverged from wolves in Southeast Asia 33,000 years ago, contrary to reports placing their origins elsewhere on the continent.