Companionship between humans and dogs is one of the strongest animal bonds we have as a species. If you are one of the 44.6% of households in America who owns a dog, take a look at it right now if it ...

Read more: 13 Creatures To Beware Of When Adventuring In California's Deserts The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is ...

Weighing around 77 pounds (34.9 kg) on average, the Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is not your average wolf. Living up in the dizzying heights of the Himalayas, these wolves are the ...

Like the red wolf, it is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy, and ...

The red wolf (Canis rufus) once ranged throughout the eastern and southcentral United States. Now, however, it is the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals, due to ...

In 1974, when Canis lupus was declared endangered in the lower 48 states, the gray wolf population was confined to a corner of northern Minnesota and Michigan's Isle Royale National Park out in ...

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is native to California but was driven to extinction in the state by the mid-1920s. After OR-7 left Oregon for California, the Center and allies successfully petitioned the ...

He was born in Oregon but then, like his father, came to California. The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is native to California but was driven to extinction in the state by the mid-1920s. After OR-7 ...

Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation for these predators of the tundra. Wolves pick at the remains of a muskox. To get this image, photographer ...

"But he's a canine. So it's kind of like a wolf is not a dog but it's a canine. Same thing. 'Goofus Canis,' that's what he is ...

Gray wolves (Canis lupus, Figure 4 ... the federal government began eradicating the wolf population. Bounty programs that continued until 1965 offered as much as $50 per wolf.