Thank you Scientific American for joining the first wolf pup checkup for the three critically endangered Mexican gray wolf pups born on May

Beyond being adorable, these pups represent the Wolf Conservation Center‘s active participation in an effort to save a species on the brink of extinction. The Mexican gray wolf or “lobo” is the most genetically distinct lineage of wolves in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most endangered mammals in North America. By the mid-1980s, hunting, trapping, and poisoning caused the extinction of lobos in the wild, with only a handful remaining in captivity. In 1998 the wolves were reintroduced into the wild as part of a federal reintroduction program under the Endangered Species