Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

From Reuters.com:

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Dogs today come in a mind-blowing array of shapes and sizes, from the diminutive pug, Pekingese and Pomeranian to the grand Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane and Saint Bernard. But when did this diversity in canine forms begin? New research shows it dates back many millennia, long before modern breeding practices.
Scientists examined the sizes and shapes of 643 skulls of domesticated dogs and their wolf ancestors dating back roughly 50,000 years, identifying the emergence of canine physical diversity beginning at least 11,000 years ago, around the time the last Ice Age ended.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife director responds to concerns about bringing wolves in from Canada

From CBSNews.com:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is moving forward with their wolf reintroduction plan even as they face additional challenges around where the wolves will come from.

This comes after a former U.S. representative for Colorado who, along with other stakeholders, raised concerns that CPW may have violated state law by importing wolves from Canada.

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Stauber renews call for delisting gray wolf after sighting on Ely school grounds

From AlphaNews.org:

A recent wolf sighting on Nov. 7, 2025 on the Ely School District grounds while kids were in class has one Minnesota lawmaker renewing his call for delisting the gray wolf from the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) list.

U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents the Eighth Congressional District in northern Minnesota, said, “The science is clear—the gray wolf has recovered and must be delisted under the Endangered Species Act. Failing to do so threatens the safety and livelihood of our farmers with the loss of their livestock, and safety of the countless individuals across Northern Minnesota—including students in Ely where a wolf was recently spotted roaming school grounds in the middle of the school day.

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Wolves hunt beavers in Isle Royale National Park, changing the ecosystem

From news.jrn.msu.edu:

LANSING – New research published in Nature Scientific Reports reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.

Isle Royale is a remote national park in Lake Superior between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Minnesota and home to a plethora of animal species, including one of nature’s renowned architects, the American beaver.

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New Mexico wolf relocation prompts outcry from advocates

From SourceNM.com:

Conservation groups this week criticized New Mexico wildlife officials for the recent capture and relocation of “Taylor,” a wandering male Mexican gray wolf, back to a protected zone in the Gila National Forest.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish caught Taylor on Nov. 7 near Gallina, a small, unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County. He was captured by helicopter and returned to the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area, which includes most of the state below I-40.

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Feds: No recovery plan needed; wolves aren’t endangered

From JacksonHoleNews&Guide:

POWELL — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported last week it will not prepare plans for recovering the gray wolf because the species no longer requires Endangered Species Act protections.

The agency found recovery plans will not promote conservation of the gray wolf because “listing them is no longer appropriate under the Endangered Species Act and measures provided pursuant to the Act are no longer necessary,” the agency said in the decision last week.

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An increase in Anchorage wolf encounters sparks curiosity, not alarm

From AlaskaPublic.org:

Emily Freitas has lived on the border of Far North Bicentennial Park for a decade, but it wasn’t until late August when she first saw a pack of wolves in the city. She was walking her three dogs on a trail less than a half-mile from her East Anchorage home.

“The first wolf came out of the woods, and then the dogs just froze, and then the rest came out. It just stood there and stayed. They all just stared at each other for five [or] 10 minutes,” she said. It was around 9 p.m. when she saw the six wolves. They were about 50 yards away – close enough that Freitas snapped a picture of the pack staring directly back at her.

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Roaming Mexican gray wolf moved south of I-40 a second time

From Yahoo.com:

Nov. 11—New Mexico’s Department of Game and Fish relocated an endangered Mexican gray wolf on Friday after it strayed from is boundary a second time, drawing criticism from advocacy groups. Male wolf 3065, nicknamed Taylor by conservationists, was captured north of Gallina by helicopter and then released in the Gila National Forest in Grant County, according to a Game and Fish news release. Since late October, the wolf has made significant movements north, showing no signs of returning to the recovery area.

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Amid 10 dead wolves and federal interference, Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program is struggling

From ColoradoSun.com:

Colorado’s wolf restoration program is struggling amid federal roadblocks over where the state can source new wolves for reintroduction and the death of a 10th translocated wolf.

The latest wolf fatality, announced Friday, puts the survival rate for the reintroduced wolves at 60%. That’s well below the anticipated survival rate of 70% to 85% for the early years of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program, according to the Colorado Wolf Management Plan. CPW released 10 wolves in December 2023 and another 15 in January 2025.

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Infamous [Wyoming] wolf captor Cody Roberts pleads not guilty, trial set for March

From WyoFile.com:

PINEDALE—The Sublette County man who allegedly snowmobiled into a wolf and then brought it into a Western Wyoming bar for hours to amuse friends and family will fight his felony charge, sending one of the country’s highest-profile animal cruelty cases in years toward a trial.

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