An ongoing photographic narrative of the recovery journey of one of the world’s rarest canids sponsored by the National Geographic Society. See published stories below to learn more about the endangered wolves’ story.

America's Wolf - Film

America’s Wolf

Once an iconic predator, today not even 20 red wolves remain in the wild. This short film tells the imagined story of one young wolf raised in captivity and released into the wild, where she finds the possibility of a new future for her species.

Long ago, red wolves roamed from the bayous of East Texas to the bays of coastal New York. Today, not even 20 remain in the wild—confined to a tiny pocket of habitat in far Eastern North Carolina. This short film uses over four years' worth of National Geographic Explorer Jessica Suarez's photographs to tell the imagined story of one young wolf. Raised in captivity, she's eventually released into that last remaining habitat, and in the wild she finds freedom, danger, and the possibility of a new future for her species. Long ago, the red wolf was America's Wolf, and with our help it could be again.