Increasing genetic diversity is at least as important as increasing total population numbers, and these new red wolves represent three new lineages, taking the total from 12 to 15, a 25% increase.

The entire population of red wolves, both wild and captive, descends from merely 14 founders of the captive breeding program.

Four cloned red wolves that fell out of the spotlight—hidden amid “de-extinction” hoopla about vanished dire wolves—tell the real secret to saving threatened species. And the answer isn ...

Cars keep killing one of America’s most endangered animals. A $25 million federal grant will help red wolves and other animals in eastern North Carolina safely cross the road.

There are now only 16 known red wolves in the wild, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimating there could be just a few more they haven’t detected. Another 290 red wolves live in captivity.

Gray wolves and coyotes—and, presumably, red wolves—will also use underpasses, or culverts, of 6 or 8 feet in diameter. Fencing is critical to funnel the animals to the structures.

There are now only 16 known red wolves in the wild, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimating there could be just a few more they haven’t detected. Another 290 red wolves live in captivity.

Its young red wolves have “not been definitively detected and identified during monitoring with remote sensing cameras, tracking and visual observation since late June,” the agency wrote.

Colossal also used the technology to give birth to four red wolves, an endangered species. The successful birth of the dire wolves buttresses Colossal's goals of helping "de-extinct" species and ...

EUREKA, Mo. — Locals call them "ghost wolves." To scientists, they're "Gulf Coast canids." To the world's most endangered wolves, they may be a savior. A population of unique animals near ...

Colossal Biosciences said Monday the wolf pups range in age from three to six months old and have long white hair and muscular jaws. Dire wolves went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.