This time of year, the sound of a wolf howl piercing the night can really send shivers up your spine. But that call of the wild isn’t meant to scare you; it’s actually a message to other wolves.

MAMMOTH, Wyo. — At 1:23 a.m. on a recent summer night, the matriarch of the Rescue Creek wolf pack, known to scientists as 1490F, bellowed out two long, melodic howls that reverberated across the ...

The hair-shedding cousin of the wolf lounging on your couch may have a wild reason for barking at the postman or howling when an ambulance, fire engine or police car streaks by with its siren blaring.

The first full moon of the year is about to rise over the skies. Get ready to "howl" at the "wolf" moon, a celestial event so named for the idea that in the dark, cold months of winter, wolves make ...

Learn various ways wolves communicate with howls, scent markings, and body language at Howl Night at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 22, at Wolf Mountain Nature Center, located at 562 Hopkins Crandall Road.

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Decoding nature’s hidden patterns. Computational linguist Jeff Reed figured out how to eavesdrop on wolves in the wild. But he needed help from AI to separate the ...