The wolf-like coyotes could be the key to conservation. She says that when more red wolves are ready to be reintroduced to the wild, they should be placed close to hybrid carriers of this ghost DNA.

Coyotes with wolf DNA have been found in Virginia, confirming the hybrids' spread through the mid-Atlantic, a new study says. A coyote is seen in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park in June.

And there is also the possibility that the red wolf would be classified as a hybrid with mostly coyote blood, which are not protected under current legislation. Or, it could just be protected with ...

Endangered red wolf populations could be revived with 'ghost' genes from coyotes, scientists say. Only 20 to 30 red wolves currently exist in the wild, conservationists say.

The red wolf in North Carolina, which has been the subject of extensive preservation and restoration efforts, was found to be 24 percent wolf and 76 percent coyote.

The red wolf, a critically endangered species living in the south-eastern US, may be nothing more than a hybrid between coyotes and the grey wolf, a new study suggests.. If so, it may lose its ...

Coyotes usually weigh between 25 and 35 pounds while Red Wolves usually weigh between 50 and 80 pounds. Red Wolves are more massive in the head, chest, legs and feet. There can be size overlap ...

Then it’s gone, leaving you with a sense of awe—and a question: Wolf vs coyote, which ... Red. Blonde. While coyotes are more likely to be in the ... giving rise to hybrid eastern coyotes.

So a red wolf and a coyote can have offspring. Maybe the red wolf dies, because that's what's been happening for red wolves, but all of those genes that it just passed on to its coyote hybrid ...

The red wolf, with its russet fur ... By the 1970s, relentless hunting, habitat loss, and interbreeding with coyotes pushed them to the very edge—fewer than 20 pure red wolves could be found.

The Texas Gulf Coast is home to a wide range of wildlife, including so-called "ghost wolves," a hybrid of a coyote and red wolf roaming Galveston.

Scientists are hopeful that the endangered red wolf population, absent from the wild for decades, could be revived now that a significant portion of its DNA has been found in wild coyote populations.