Tag: Mexican Wolf

April 22, 2022

USFWS updates Mexican wolf recovery plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a court-ordered draft revision to its 2017 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan, providing measures aimed at reducing human-caused mortality like poaching and vehicle...

April 4, 2022

Mexico releases two pairs of endangered Mexican wolves

Mexico has released two pairs of endangered Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) into two areas in the state of Chihuahua. The wolf pairs, named “Manada del Arroyo” and “Manada del...

January 26, 2022

Collar shows border wall blocked Mexican wolf

Biologists have been concerned that the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico would block the movement of wildlife between the two countries. That was the case for one Mexican...

May 12, 2021

Ted Turner’s N.M. ranch welcomes Mexican wolf pack

Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch in New Mexico will host a translocated pack of Mexican gray wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with the ranch as it searches...

March 23, 2021

Mexico has high-quality wolf habitat

Large tracts of high-quality habitat for Mexican wolves can be found across northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S., according to cross-border distribution modeling revealing suitable areas for the animals. Mexican...

March 15, 2021

More biodiversity makes for healthy bees

More diverse communities of bees in Michigan, including both native and nonnative pollinators, result in less virus spread. Researchers had already known about a previous hypothesis called the Dilution Effect,...

March 15, 2021

Wild Mexican wolves reach record numbers

The population of Mexican wolves has increased in the wild once again, reaching 186 individuals in the U.S. Southwest in 2020. Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) were nearly extirpated from...

February 1, 2021

Mexico receives wolves for reintroduction program

Mexico is receiving a pack of endangered Mexican wolves to boost the country’s efforts to conserve the species. The ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque loaded a pair of Mexican gray wolves...

June 26, 2019

Record number of Mexican wolf pups cross-fostered in wild

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 12 Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) pups were cross-fostered into the wild this year — the highest number ever in a single breeding...

December 26, 2017

USFWS releases finalized Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan

In early December the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a new recovery plan for the federally endangered Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). A subspecies of gray wolf, the Mexican...