BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A maned wolf, largest canid of South America, walks in his enclosure at the zoo park of Lille, northern France, on February 11, ...

Although it looks like someone mixed up the DNA for a deer and a fox, South America's native maned wolf is neither. In fact, the animal isn't even a part of the family that it is named after. Instead, ...

The maned wolf looks like a top predator, but its real advantage comes from a much stranger combination of long legs, acute hearing and careful ambush behavior in tall grass. Instead of overpowering ...

Get an incredibly unique and intimate look at the striking maned wolf with this captivating close-up video. Witness its most distinctive features, from the reddish-gold fur and the prominent black ...

With legs like these, the maned wolf is a bamboozling spectacle. An omnivorous canine native to South America, the maned wolf’s spindly legs help it navigate the tall grasses in its environment. Even ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Near-threatened maned wolves brought to New Orleans to breed have done just that, and are rearing four puppies, the Audubon Zoo announced Thursday. Three are black and one is silver ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’m fascinated by the typology of nature, the ...

The Louisville Zoo said goodbye to its last remaining maned wolf, Sadie. She was 12 years old.The zoo said Sadie was humanely euthanized after a decline in health related to her age and a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dickerson Park Zoo is officially welcoming five endangered maned wolf pups on Thursday, after two litters were born in late November, zoo officials announced. Zoo veterinarians ...