Tall and two-toned, this unusual canid stands out from the crowd, yet not a lot of people know about the maned wolf, a cousin of the more familiar gray wolf. Here are five facts about this South ...

The Maned wolf mostly inhabits Brazil’s Cerrado, a vast grassland threatened by rampant conversion to croplands and often forgotten by conservationists. The species may be adapting to its rapidly ...

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 ...

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 ...