The Ethiopian wolf is a reddish-brown solitary hunter only found in the highlands of Ethiopia. "For now, the population is more or less stable," says Sandra Lai, senior scientist at the Ethiopian Wolf ...

The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) is one of the most endangered carnivore species in Africa. There are thought to be only around 500 individuals left in scattered populations across Ethiopia’s Bale ...

The Ethiopian wolf, also known as the red jackal, is one of the world’s rarest canines as well as Africa’s most endangered carnivore. But ongoing conservation efforts for the coyote-like predator ...

The animals have a real sweet tooth for flower nectar, and may act as pollinators The behavior hints at an unexpected role for wolves in this ecosystem: pollinator. As a wolf licks nectar from the ...

Africa is home to a rich array of carnivorous animals, from ferocious felids like lions and cheetahs to smaller creatures like foxes and mongoose. However, many such predators are also some of the ...

There are only some 500 Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis), living in seven scattered high-altitude pockets of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia — and the population is plagued by rabies. They faced large ...

An Ethiopian wolf’s diet is pretty basic: its proverbial meat and potatoes consists of a large rodent called a giant mole rat (which is meat but looks more like a fuzzy potato). But it seems that the ...

In the highlands, the Ethiopian wolf’s staple diet is rodents. Every day the pack of Ethiopian wolves sets off to hunt. In the highlands, the wolf’s staple diet is rodents. Every day the pack of ...

In the Ethiopian highlands, researchers documented what may be the first and only known example of a large meat-eating predator regularly indulging in nectar, nature’s sweet treat. This unusual food ...

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