Surrounded by art depicting vibrant landscapes and black bodies, Marlon James discussed his latest novel, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” with writer Roxane Gay at the Museum of African American Art ...

Dubbed the African golden wolf, it’s the first new species of canid—a group that includes wolves, coyotes, and jackals—discovered in 150 years. Africa is also home to two other wolf species ...

The knowledge of her history has become a constant thread in Wolf’s work, the lifeblood pumping through her art and intentionally informing what it means for her to be a 21st century African ...

The African golden wolf has become the first new species of wolf discovered in 150 years, thanks to a new study conducted by researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

But it turns out to have been a case of mistaken identity: A new DNA analysis shows that the African “jackals” are in fact more closely related to a sort of wolf than they are to the Eurasian ...