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Collar Tech Tracks Wolf’s North Pole Treks

During the 24-hour darkness of an arctic winter, a wolf pack’s tough life continues. Battling temperatures that reach 70 degrees below zero, a pack travels hundreds of miles across the landscape. A...

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Wolf Nannies Shorten Sex Lives of Male Pups

It takes a lupine village to raise a red wolf, but nannied pups don’t grow up to be the sex machines scientists expect. Non-breeding wolves that help raise pups ultimately shorten the sex lives of the...

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That Ain’t No Jackal: New African Wolf Species Identified

By Duncan Geere, Wired UK Conservationists in Egypt have discovered a new species of wolf, which shares DNA with Indian and Himalayan cousins. The “Egyptian jackal”, as it’s known, is not in fact a...

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Wildlife Trusts Could Be New Tool for Saving Wolves

Legislators from Montana and Idaho are trying to legally order the Fish and Wildlife Service to delist wolves in those states without the possibility of judicial review. You can probably predict how...

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Infrared Imaging Helps Save Yellowstone’s Wolves

Scientists are using thermal imaging to track Yellowstone's wolves, which are facing a vicious new predator: sarcoptic mange.

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Sheep Collar Texts Shepherds When Wolves Attack

Swiss biologists are testing a sheep collar wolf-warning device that registers heart rate changes and alerts shepherds to attacks via text message, while simultaneously emitting a repellant.

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