This species has had a tumultuous history. “Red wolves, native to the southeastern United States, were almost driven to extinction by intensive predator control programs and habitat loss.

Fewer than 20 known red wolves remain on the landscape in eastern North Carolina — the only spot on Earth where the endangered creatures remain in the wild. The push to save red wolves from ...

The “most endangered wolf species in the world” grew by 1% this spring when four red wolf pups were born at a Missouri reserve, officials said. “When you consider how few red wolves remain ...

Red wolves are among the most endangered carnivores in the world. Once spread across the U.S. Southeast, these clever and highly adaptive predators suffered a similar fate to that of their gray wolf ...

It was just in time, as the species was declared extinct in the wild in 1980 ... but has since declined to between 25 and 35 individuals. Red wolves grow up to 26 inches tall, and adults measure ...

Fortunately for Mann, the red wolf on his property hadn't yet attacked his livestock. Unfortunately for Mann, that meant he was prosecuted under the Endangered Species Act for preemptively killing ...

four American red wolf pups were born at the destination's Sears Lehmann Jr. Wildlife Reserve, the zoo’s property in Franklin County that is "dedicated to conserving the most endangered wolf ...

Canis rufus, often called “America’s wolf,” once roamed from central Texas to southern Iowa and as far east as Long Island, New York. After being declared extinct in the wild, red wolves ...

The red wolf (Canis rufus) once ranged throughout the eastern and southcentral United States. Now, however, it is the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals, due to ...