That isn’t usually supposed to happen.

The number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico grew to at least 319 in 2025, as the species inches closer to possible downlisting from endangered to threatened.

Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies recently reported that the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves grew by 33 wolves last year.

Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images Dogs were the first of any species that ...

The most recent count of Mexican gray wolves found more than 300 in the wild, marking 10 consecutive years of growth. Over the past decade, the number of the endangered wolves observed in the wild ...

The question of how many wolves a region can sustain without tipping the balance against prey herds, livestock operations, ...

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For thousands of years, wolves occupied a range of North American habitats stretching from Arctic tundra to deserts. Their numbers were drastically reduced by hunting and habitat loss, and it has ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Scientists confirmed that a large animal shot by a hunter in central New York was a wild gray wolf, the first verified and documented case of the species south of the St.

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The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 last year — to 319 in 2025 from 286 in 2024.