wolves

The black fur allele has fitness costs but also confers higher immunity against canine distemper virus, making mix-and-match mating key to population survival.

The genomes of living animals are littered with DNA from long-gone relatives, providing a lens on evolution, past extinctions, and perhaps even solutions to agricultural problems.

If signed, the law would boost funding for independent contractors to kill wolves and would allow for more than 90 percent of the population in the state to be taken by hunters.

This month, voters in the state approved the predators’ reintroduction, but the species’ recent delisting as an endangered species at the federal level binds up available funding.

An analysis of microwear patterns in fossilized canid teeth supports the theory that early dogs and wolves had distinct diets.

The top carnivores in the high-altitude regions of Asia are uniquely adapted to life in low-oxygen environments.

A new study shows wolf pups responding to vocal encouragement from humans.

Dogs have stronger facial muscles compared to wolves, giving them the sad or “puppy dog eyes” look.

The wild population of the species was declared extinct almost 40 years ago, but now researchers have found their genes in a pack of canines near the Gulf coast.

Opponents of the proposal call the changes a “wildlife extinction package.”

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

Preliminary results from a USDA study reveal that imported guard dogs outperform those traditionally used in the U.S. to fend off wolves and coyotes.