Still on shaky ground, the Mexican gray wolf, an endangered subspecies, is slowly increasing in number in Arizona and New Mexico, thanks to captive breeding.
A beautiful wolf appears in
the best wallpaper section of the National Geographic website. The caption is: Photograph by Joel Sartore; photographed at the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, Eureka, Missouri
More
gorgeous wildlife photographs by Joel Sartore can be seen in the January 2009 feature story "Last One."