An orphaned wolf pup at a Kansas zoo gained a new family in a young dog coincidentally taken in by a local shelter on the same day the wolf was born. The Sedgwick County Zoo and Kansas Humane ...

A young shelter dog recently became the unlikely mentor for an orphaned wolf pup at a zoo in Wichita, Kansas, and the two have since built a bond their human caretakers call the "perfect pairing." ...

They assume these actions stem from a desire for control. The concept of the alpha dog is a misinterpretation rooted in outdated wolf research. In reality, domestic dogs do not operate under a ...

The “Alpha” wolf leads the pack ... is crucial to maintaining harmony within a wolf pack. Omegas care for pups when other adults need to hunt or sleep. They are also the ones to initiate ...

In reality, wolf packs are usually much less complicated. Doesn't work for wolves in the wild Calling wolves alpha and beta animals comes from research on wolves in captivity, says Barbara Zimmermann.

SAN FRANCISCO— Five of California’s seven known wolf families have produced pups this year, according to a quarterly report published today by the California Department of Fish and Game. These 30 new ...

Mike Bock Maned wolf Elliana (above) gave birth to one of the three pups born this winter at the Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal, Virginia. Smithsonian/Jessica Kordell In ...