ALBERMARLE, N.C.— For the first time in four years, a litter of pups has been born into eastern North Carolina’s struggling population of wild red wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf ...

A litter of five red wolf pups died in eastern North Carolina after their father was struck and killed by a vehicle in June, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, delivering the latest ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— Five endangered red wolf pups have died after their father was killed by a vehicle in their last remaining refuge in eastern North Carolina, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed ...

A family of red wolves was released into the wild in North Carolina, giving new hope to an endangered species. Video captured the moments when two parents and a couple of their cute babies roamed ...

Now, NC State is welcoming its newest members of the pack - literally. Three new red wolf pups were born during Mother's Day weekend. NC State's College of Veterinary Medicine is now caring for ...

In 2012, there were 120 known adult red wolves living in the wild in Eastern NC. Today, it's down to 18. However, a new litter of pups that has been born in the wild gives hope for the endangered ...

In April, Red Wolf Recovery Program staff confirmed the birth of six wild red wolf pups—four females and two males. This litter is the first to be born in the wild since 2018. Starting around 2014, ...

The $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will fund wildlife crossings to protect Eastern NC’s red wolves.

Pups are usually born in April or May ... which concludes that red wolves are a legitimate wolf species (Canis rufus) separate from grey wolves and coyotes. In June 2018, the Fish and Wildlife ...

But one particular state report struck wolf advocates as a red flag: Three pups born in the spring were killed weeks later, likely before they had left their den. Since 2021, trapping, hunting ...