Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies recently reported that the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves grew by 33 wolves last year.

State and federal wildlife agencies reported 319 Mexican gray wolves in the wild, up from 286 a year ago.

The number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico grew to at least 319 in 2025, as the species inches closer to possible downlisting from endangered to threatened.

Such killings are not new but are typically carried out by wildlife officials.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 11—New Mexico's Department of Game and Fish relocated an endangered Mexican gray wolf on Friday after it strayed from is ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Asha, a Mexican gray wolf caught wandering around New Mexico in 2023, gave birth to her first litter in mid-May, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced. Asha (wolf ...

He is the 10th member of the ABQ BioPark's Mexican wolf conservation facility and part of their first pairing in the breeding ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Thirty-five conservation organizations today asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to recapture a Mexican gray wolf who crossed Interstate 40 in New Mexico over the weekend.

SESSION. NEW TONIGHT WILDLIFE OFFICIALS CAPTURING A MEXICAN WOLF IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND RELOCATING IT TO GRANT COUNTY. THE DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH CAUGHT IT NORTH OF GALENA USING A HELICOPTER, ...

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 ...

The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America, Mexican gray wolves are also one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (and its predecessor ...