The state wanted no part of the operation, so the Nez Perce stepped in to partner with the federal government.

The controversial program to return the predators to the American West has produced tension for three decades.

A wolf in Northern Idaho. (Idaho Department of Fish and Game) Idaho’s wolf population likely is down by about one-third since 2021, according to state Department of Fish and Game officials.

Join Boise State Public Radio and the Idaho Capital Sun on Tuesday, June 17 for a discussion around the history, ...

Humans and wolves co-evolved, influencing each other’s development, a relationship that led to the domesticated dog. But what about the wolves that continued to live in the wild? Scientists once ...

Colossal uses gene editing to bring dire wolves back from extinction, marking a breakthrough in de-extinction science with the birth of Romulus and Remus.

Penney told then-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar that wolves met recovery goals for the Northern Rocky Mountain region in 2002. By 2008, Idaho’s wolf population was estimated at over 800 ...