which calls for the government to eventually establish “at least three viable populations” of red wolves across their historic range, each of them self-sustaining and genetically diverse.

The team took samples from around 30 coyotes in Louisiana and analyzed their genetics for similarity to red wolves. The “range of red wolf ancestry is anywhere from 30 to 70%,” vonHoldt said.

“There’s not a large enough land mass of public land in the Southeast within the historic range that can fully support a viable red wolf population,” he says. “We’re going to have to ...

The historic range of the red wolf spanned most of the southeastern US. Today, the species only exists in the wild in five NC counties. “There are 13 known, confirmed, collared red wolves that ...

The U.S. government will settle a lawsuit with conservation groups and commit to releasing more endangered red wolves into the wilds of North Carolina, where nearly three dozen of the canine ...

Only 20 to 30 red wolves currently exist in the wild, conservationists say. Scientists are hopeful that the endangered red wolf population, absent from the wild for decades, could be revived now ...

Red wolves also have pointed ears and long legs with narrow feet, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, while coyotes have longer muzzles. If you are in the five-county range where ...