Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only a few hundred red wolves still exist, most in captivity. JeffGoulden/E+ via Getty Images Have you been hearing about the dire ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- A panel of top scientists concluded Thursday that the endangered red wolf of the southeastern U.S. is a species unto itself, giving the beleaguered canine a scientific and political ...

PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — With only an estimated population of 27-30 red wolves remaining in the wild, conservationists continue their efforts to save the critically endangered species. Emily Weller, ...

The Red Wolf Recovery Program on the North Carolina coast has confirmed the birth of four wild litters of red wolf pups on the Albemarle Peninsula. On Friday, representatives with the Defenders of ...

The Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center recently announced the return of endangered red wolves at the facility. Two 3-year old male siblings arrived on Nov. 7 from Brookgreen Gardens, ...

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home last June ...

Adult red wolves in the federal designated Red Wolf Recovery Area typically wear orange collars with location transponders and reflective orange coating. The collars help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

One of North America's rarest predators might have been resurrected from extinction. Colossal Biosciences, the company best known for its "de-extinction" work on the woolly mammoth, is now focusing on ...

In honor of Halloween, we're bringing you a Short Wave ghost story — featuring an animal that has long been the stuff of conservationist legend: the American red wolf. This small, cinnamon-colored ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — A federal judge found in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday in a suit over whether the government did enough to protect the red wolf population. In an order for ...