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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Between the late 1980s and 2005, 26 red wolf pups were born on Bulls Island in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. While that program was discontinued, the Refuge's Sewee Center still hosts ...

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 ...

A litter of five endangered red wolf pups has died in Eastern North Carolina after their father was struck and killed by a car on U.S. 64 in June. This photo, taken in July, shows a red wolf pup ...