Red wolves were reintroduced to North Carolina in 1987. Their peak population since then was about 120 animals, in 2012.

The only remaining wild red wolves live in a five-county region in northeastern North Carolina. They are threatened by ...

Environmentalists hoping to secure more stringent protections for North Carolina’s red wolves make their case Wednesday ...

A Reagan-appointed judge who has presided over litigation involving red wolves since the 1990s seemed open to their reclassification as an ...

The Center for Biological Diversity will present oral arguments Wednesday in a federal court case that will decide whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unlawfully refused to increase federal ...

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

The remaining wild wolves were captured and brought into a captive breeding program. Starting with just 14 animals, ... but there are only 17 red wolves left in the wild.

Red wolves are the most critically endangered wolf in the world; only 16 of them still exist in the wild. Currently 270 red wolves are living in captivity, with plans for them to be released.

Once they reach adulthood, red wolves can weigh between 45 and 80 pounds and live up to 15 years in captivity. In the wild, their life span is about seven years.

“There are only about 20 red wolves known to remain in the wild, and fewer than 300 in managed care,” said Terry Cannon, Curator of Carnivores and Kids Cove at Zoo Knoxville.