In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that ...

The Himalayan wolf is considered an ancient wolf as it evolved prior to the contemporary grey wolf which is found in large parts of North America and Eurasia. Very little is known about the Himalayan ...

A new hybrid animal has emerged in the high-altitude Himalayan region of Ladakh, India, posing a dual threat to local ...

In the high altitudes of the Himalayas, many wolves have developed distinct traits from their gray wolf cousins. Geraldine Werhahn / Himalayan Wolves Project Geraldine Werhahn had been tracking wolves ...

The Himalayan wolf forms a distinct lineage from the contemporary grey wolf and has unique genetic markers that allow it to thrive in altitudes higher than 4,000 meters, according a study published on ...

Feb. 20 (UPI) --Through a combination of genetic analysis and field observations, scientists are gaining new insights into the uniqueness of the mysterious Himalayan wolf. According to the new study, ...

Snow leopards, leopards, and Himalayan wolves all share similar stomping grounds in Nepal's Lapchi Valley in the Himalayas. A recent study, published in PLOS One, has taken a closer look at how these ...

The return of wolves to Nepal’s Himalayan region is putting greater pressure on populations of naur, or blue sheep — and by extension on snow leopards, whose main prey is naur. New research shows that ...

Around a quarter of Himalayan snow leopard and wolf diets are livestock, the rest being wild prey, according to a new study. Around a quarter of Himalayan snow leopard and wolf diets are livestock, ...

Researchers have discovered that the Himalayan wolf is a unique wolf characteristically adapted to the harsh life in the Asian high altitudes where low oxygen levels challenge all life forms. The ...