The most recent count of Mexican gray wolves found more than 300 in the wild, marking 10 consecutive years of growth. Over the past decade, the number of the endangered wolves observed in the wild ...

State and federal wildlife agencies counted 319 endangered Mexican gray wolves across Arizona and New Mexico this past year. Up from 286 the previous year, it marks a decade of steady recovery.

The number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico grew to at least 319 in 2025, as the species inches closer to possible downlisting from endangered to threatened.

A new scientific review challenges the headline-grabbing claim that Yellowstone’s returning wolves triggered one of the strongest trophic cascades on Earth. Researchers found that the reported 1,500% ...

This story was updated on January 8, 2026. 2025 was an eventful year for Mexican wolves. The imperiled predators — a subspecies of gray wolf reintroduced to the Southwest in 1998 — appeared to be ...