Endangered or not? Canis lupis is tossed to the wolves.

Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)

There are two issues at hand regarding the gray wolf (Canis lupus). The first is the U.S. legal battle over whether the wolves should have and retain endangered status (hunting has recently resumed in a few midwestern states). The other is slightly different: scientists must form their own opinion about whether the gray wolf meets the criteria for "endangered." Some argue that the wolf populations have recovered. The key argument against this is that the wolves who have returned to the depleted areas may not be the same precise kind of wolf that was killed off during the twentieth century

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Wolves of Alaska became extinct 12,000 years ago, scientists report

bianjie submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.biologynews.net)

The ancient gray wolves of Alaska became extinct some 12,000 years ago, and the wolves in Alaska today are not their descendents but a different subspecies, an international team of scientists reports in the July 3 print edition of the journal Current Biology.

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