Red wolves are among the most endangered carnivores in the world. Once spread across the U.S. Southeast, these clever and highly adaptive predators suffered a similar fate to that of their gray wolf ...

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 Service proposed allowing North Carolina ...

Some suggest there are just two species of wolf: the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the red wolf (Canis rufus). Others, however, throw a third or a fourth into the mix; the Eastern wolf (Canis lycaon ...