Since prehistoric man first encountered the mighty wolf stalking just beyond the light of his campfire, wolves have fascinated and enthralled us. Wolves have been revered, loved, and feared by ...

Long before stories of full moons and silver bullets, the Greeks told a far older tale of the first man cursed to become a wolf. His name was King Lycaon, and his story marks one of the earliest roots ...

A recent New Yorker essay called "The Myth of the Alpha Wolf" by Rivka Galchen caught my attention and that of numerous people who emailed me about it. My purpose here is to clarify a number of points ...