The leader of a pack is mostly a male but there's also a female leader. Wolves often live up to 15 years. Wolves mate for life. They have only one mate. Arctic Wolves mate on the tundra.
Wolves can mate by the time they're two years of age.
Wolves play with each before mating so that they can get to know one another. The wolves mate in late winter around March, mostly in the middle of the month. The pups are born sometimes in late May, it depends also when the mother became pregnant. A female wolf is pregnant for 63 days or less. Wolves could have five to six pups in a litter.