For conservationists, the European grey wolf became a powerful symbol of the ability of nature to heal itself but also the possibility of humans coexisting with other predators.

Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past ...

The rule change allows wolf packs that prey on domestic livestock to be culled without special review and could open the way for nations to establish wolf hunting seasons. Wolves have become so ...

This is a European grey wolf from Slovenia. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 19, 2014 issue of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The grey wolf is recognized as the species that survived the last Ice Age (the last glacial maximum or LGM occurring ~28,000-23,000 years ago) to give rise to domesticated dogs, but little is ...

An European grey wolf is pictured in the animal park of Sainte-Croix, on December 12, 2012, in Rhodes, eastern France.

The European parliament will vote on Thursday on changing the wolf’s protected status after agreeing on Tuesday to speed up the process. MEPs will then vote on whether the wolf’s status should be ...