Wolves (Canis lupus) are social members of the dog family. They have excellent senses of hearing and smell, and can communicate using posture, facial expressions, scent and a variety of barking and howling calls.

Wolf packs roam over wide territories, which they defend from other wolves. They mainly move around during the twilight hours, but they can move over distances of tens of kilometres in a single day.

In a wolf pack only the dominant alpha pair actually breed, but the whole pack help to raise the cubs. Cubs usually leave the pack at the age of 1 - 2 years, and range far away from their birthplace searching for a mate and a territory of their own.