What it eats: Omnivorous diet, including small mammals, birds, reptiles, eggs, sugarcane, bulbs and fruits. Why it's awesome: If there were a beauty contest for wild canines, the maned wolf would ...

BUENOS AIRES, May 17 (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making ...

The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid species in South America. It lives in the grasslands and scrub forests of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Thanks to its red ...

The Abilene Zoo in Texas welcomed Lyra, a female maned wolf pup, as the newest addition to their family. Lyra was born on Dec. 18, 2023, and has since been bonding with her mother in their private ...

Many Twitter users were stunned to witness such an animal. We are well aware of wolves. However, most of us might not have heard about 'maned wolf'. A video of one such creature, who is neither a fox ...

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 ...

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now ...