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OR-7’s yearling pups caught on camera; second litter has been born 

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  Memories from OR7 Oregon celebrity wolf OR-7 and his mate are parenting a second litter of pups, and all three of the yearlings born last spring have survived through the winter. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service learned those details from a trail camera placed near the Rogue Pack’s den in southern Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. A time-lapse …

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Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf 

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he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) accepts the species status of both red and eastern wolves, with markedly divergent conservation implications. The red wolf is protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). However, the endangered eastern wolf, which was only recently recognized as a distinct species (8–14) and is currently restricted to a small portion of its historic …

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Scientists find only one true wolf species in North America 

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How many species of wolves live in America? A new study suggests there is just one. The group analyzed the genomes of 12 pure gray wolves from areas with no coyotes, three coyotes from areas where there were no gray wolves, as well as six eastern wolves and three red wolves. They were looking for any mysterious genetic material that …