Earlier this year, one of Colorado’s translocated female gray wolves was making broad movements across the Western Slope. Then, one day, she stopped exploring on a wide scale and settled into an area ...

A plan to import 15 more wolves to Colorado from Canada may violate federal law. Wolves are listed as an endangered species here, so Colorado Parks and Wildlife needs a permit from the U.S. Fish and ...

All modern-day pooches, from beefy Newfoundlands to scrawny Salukis, are descended from an ancient population of domesticated gray wolves. Despite the 20,000 or so years that have passed since, a new ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a sunny morning two years ago, a group of state officials stood in the mountains ...

This story was updated on January 9, 2026. Since their reintroduction to northwest Colorado in late 2023, wolves have roamed across much of the state. Now, at least one has ventured beyond it: In ...

The Trump administration is telling Colorado to stop importing gray wolves from Canada as part of the state’s efforts to restore the predators, a shift that could hinder plans for more reintroductions ...

COLORADO — Efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to bring in more wolves from Canada later this year may have hit a snag after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service told the state it may not do so.