The newly identified animal already had a scientific name, Canis anthus, but the researchers assigned it a new informal name: the African golden wolf ... research would draw attention to the ...

The African golden wolf has become the first new species of wolf discovered in 150 years, thanks to a new study conducted by researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

According to National Geographic: The golden jackal, which lives in East Africa and Eurasia, is actually two distantly related species—and one of them is a new species of wolf, a new study says.

The researchers proposed renaming those in Africa Canis anthus, or the African golden wolf. "Our results showed that African and Eurasian golden jackals were distinct across all the genetic ...

Not long after the roughly eight-month-old wolf was killed, it was likely dressed with golden ornaments as well as a belt of shells from the Atlantic Ocean, then carefully placed in a stone box ...