WASHINGTON – Today's dogs are descendants of ancient wolves. Now, it turns out, at least some of today's wolves inherited traits from ancient dogs. Gray wolves have that name because of their color, ...

A photograph going around social media claims to show a gray wolf standing in a field on Smith Road in rural Whatcom County.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For many years, Doug Smith was satisfied with the explanation that coat color in wolves was a ...

New research shows that black wolves are more likely to survive outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV). Yellowstone Natural Park wolves prefer to mate with those of the opposite color in areas ...

There is strong negative-assortative mating for gray and black pelage color in the iconic wolves in Yellowstone National Park. This is the first documented case of significant negative-assortative ...