The IUCN Red List currently lists the African wild dog as Endangered on its extinction scale. This status denotes that a species faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild without intervention.

But a newly published study by a team of researchers based in Great Britain finds that African wild dogs will likely go extinct too if average global temperatures increase by more than 3°C (5.4°F).

The transmission of infectious diseases from domesticated dogs had led to the extinction of packs in some cases. Their population numbers remain unknown because African wild dogs are constantly on ...

and the African wild dog roaming the remote wilderness of South Sudan. Flora & Fauna publishes this list to highlight species that are "staring extinction in the face" and "warrant conservation ...

Two recently published studies by a Montana State University ecologist reveal new findings about the relationship between ...

Studies determine how prey density affects African wild dogs and lions. Two recently published studies by a Montana State University ecologist reveal new findings about the relationship between ...

Three African wild dogs have joined a pack at Whipsnade Zoo in a bid to breed the endangered species. The three males, named Earl, Elvis and Einstein, arrived at the zoo in Dunstable, Bedfordshire ...

Conservation efforts to bring back the elusive yet iconic packs of African wild dogs from a near-extinction crisis in 2017 are gradually bearing fruit. In the vast plains of Laikipia, which until ...