Source: Greystone Books, with permission. Rick McIntyre, who has logged more than 100,000 sightings of Yellowstone's wolves, is a legend―or most people would say the legend―among wolf researchers.

A “legendary” female wolf known for birthing 40 pups in the past decade has suddenly reappeared in the wild after falling off tracking in 2018, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

During the past six months, I’ve received no fewer than 20 emails asking if alpha dogs and wolves really exist. All were truly interested in learning more about this question, while two were very ...