Mexican wolves nearly vanished from the Southwest in the early 1900s, but reintroduction efforts begun nearly 25 years ago have brought them back from the brink of extinction. An updated recovery plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live. But the update has
Although jaguars are widely assumed to live exclusively in Mexico, Central and South America, they once prowled Arizona, New Mexico and Texas before colonizers and poachers in the 19th century drove most of these beautifully spotted big cats out of the U.S. So when Ganesh Marin was studying ecosystems along the border U.S.-Mexico this year,
[This is Part 2 of a two part series.] Where the program is now Biologists in Arizona and New Mexico put boots on the ground to study wild Mexican wolves that live on both sides of the state line. Nearly 1,250 miles west of the Endangered Wolf Center, the Apache National Forest in eastern Arizona
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