This time of year, the sound of a wolf howl piercing the night can really send shivers up your spine. But that call of the wild isn’t meant to scare you; it’s actually a message to other wolves.

I visited an Illinois wolf sanctuary where the howls stop you cold. Real rescues, quiet moments, and a visit that lingers long after—with wolves.

One tentative howl pierced the morning silence. Before the first notes of “Aye-ooo” were complete, a symphony of sounds that managed to be both fierce and sweet launched into the air. The reactions of ...

By using sound to track wolf movements and locations, we can develop suggested mitigation measures to reduce wolf–livestock interactions. Since the acoustic devices also recorded barking dogs and ...

Howling is a behavior tied to a dog’s wild, ancestral instincts. According to Veterinary Centers of America Animal Hospitals, wild wolves, ancestors of domesticated dogs, howled to announce their ...