The Trump administration is increasingly granting ranchers permission to kill endangered Mexican gray wolves, and giving them broader discretion to go after animals on public land. The latest permit - ...

Four litters of endangered red wolf pups were born in the wild in North Carolina this year. Officials are saying 12 to 16 of ...

The births are a boon to efforts to revive the species, which was once nearly hunted to extinction.

Across the planet, islands are homes to species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. Isolated from the mainland, these species become genetically different from close relatives simply ...

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North Carolina is home to the only wild population of red wolves in the world.

Chapel Hill, NC—Accidental shootings resulting in death or injury are a primary concern outlined in a court challenge filed today against an illegal, temporary state rule that allows spotlight hunting ...

“Following the mandate of the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has gone to great lengths to reintroduce the red wolf into the wild and provide for its recovery,” said Tara Zuardo, ...

A year ago, Colossal Biosciences introduced to the world their version of the dire wolf, an animal extinct for over 12,500 years. The company’s scientists are hoping to bring back the woolly mammoth ...

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.