Catch a glimpse of a maned wolf on the prowl and you might feel compelled to do a double-take: It looks like a long-nosed, shaggy-haired fox on stilts. Also, its pee mimics the scent of a certain ...

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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 ...

The Beardsley Zoo pups are being raised by two first-time parents, who are sharing the child-rearing responsibilities Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid species in South America. It lives in the grasslands and scrub forests of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Thanks to its red ...

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WKRG) — Gulf Breeze Zoo now has two new resident animals — a sibling pair of maned wolves named Stella and Cieza. The nearly 3-year-old brother and sister pair arrived at the zoo in ...

INTRODUCING FOUR NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR FAMILY THIS AFTERNOON. CHRISTINA: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR MANED WOLF PUPPIES THE PUPPIES WERE BORN BACK IN JANUARY ARE THE FIRST EVER TO BE BORN AT AUDUBON.

The three baby wolves were born this winter at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal, Virginia. Mike Bock Maned wolf Elliana (above) gave birth to one of the ...

Its huge ears and lanky black legs have earned it the nick name "fox on stilts". But the maned wolf is neither fox nor wolf. It is a distinct species in the Canidae family. The wolves live in a vast ...

Spindly legs and thick, red fur have earned them the nickname “foxes on stilts,” but maned wolves are neither fox nor wolf. Today, researchers are monitoring maned wolves’ heart rates to learn more ...