wolf: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
L. David Mech, The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species (1970, reissued 1981), remains a scientific yet readable account of the author’s research on wolves. Rick McIntyre, A Society of Wolves: National Parks and the Battle over the Wolf, rev. ed. (1996), examines the debate over the 1995 reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park and the possibility of reintroduction elsewhere. Diana Landau (ed.), Wolf: Spirit of the Wild (1993, reissued 2000), compiles a variety of writings and graphics to portray wolves in the context of human cultures. Wolves: A Legend Returns to Yellowstone (2000), a National Geographic Society Special, produced by Bob Landis, documents on video the status of wolves released in Yellowstone National Park. Ludwig N. Carbyn, Steven H. Fritts, and Dale R. Seip (eds.), Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World (1995), presents the proceedings of the Second North American Symposium on Wolves.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
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Steven H. Fritts
Chief Scientist, Gray Wolf Recovery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Helena, Montana, U.S. Advisory Board, International Wolf Center, Ely, Minnesota, U.S.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Wolf (Canis lupus). | Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Wolf (Canis lupus) Generation Time and Proportion of Current Breeding Females by Age. | Mar 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Michigan Tech - Wolves across borders (PDF). | Jul 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Wolf Ecology. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - A legacy of genetic entanglement with wolves shapes modern dogs. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Indian Wolf, Wild Animal. | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Wolf (Canis lupus). | Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Wolves. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Links and photo added. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - Natural Resources Research Institute - Minnesota Mammals - Wolf. | Sep 06, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Wolf. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Wolf Facts: Gray Wolves, Timber Wolves & Red Wolves. | Sep 05, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 01, 2017 | ||
| Preferred common name of Canis simensis changed from "Abyssinian wolf" to "Ethiopian wolf." | Jan 13, 2017 | ||
| Text clarifying the taxonomy of the red wolf and the eastern wolf added. | Jul 29, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | May 21, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Indian Wolf, Wild Animal. | Apr 15, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wildlife Fund - Wolf. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Wolf. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Red Wolf. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Globio - Glossopedia - Wolf. | Mar 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Fun Wolf Facts for Kids. | Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| Text added noting the presence of living gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Africa. | Feb 17, 2011 | ||
| Added image of Mexican gray wolf. | Feb 17, 2011 | ||
| New text associating Falkland Islands wolves (Dusicyon australis) with North American wolves added. | Nov 25, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Wolf. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 16, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 01, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Wolf. | Sep 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Prehistoric-Wildlife.com - Brachiosaurus Facts for Kids. | Aug 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Wolf. | May 27, 2008 | ||
| Updated "wolf" in 2008 to reflect its delisting from the U.S. endangered species list. | Apr 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Wolf. | Feb 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 10, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 23, 1999 |