WUNC

Are NC's wild red wolves an "essential population?" A federal judge is set to decide

Adult red wolves in the federal designated Red Wolf Recovery Area typically wear orange collars with location transponders and reflective orange coating. The collars help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
WRAL

Lawsuit challenges classification of wild red wolves as 'nonessential'

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to classify the wild population of red wolves as “nonessential.” There are only ...
WUNC

Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans

Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue. He was chatting with a neighbor about efforts to protect and grow the area’s red wolf population. The endangered wolves are equipped with bright orange radio collars ...
BGR

This Rare Footage Of The World's Last Remaining Wild Red Wolves Broke My Heart

Red wolves used to roam freely from Texas to Pennsylvania. However, widespread hunting led to the death of many of the species. It became one of the first species protected by the Endangered Species ...
WITN

Wildlife crossing will save people, can it save the last wild red wolves too?

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists. That fact was brought home last June ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild. But there’s another predator in the way — humans.

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue. He was chatting with a neighbor about efforts to protect and grow the area’s red wolf population. The endangered ...