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Red Wolf Ancestry Re-discovered Along American Gulf Coast

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Rediscovering species once thought to be extinct or on the edge of extinction is rare. Red wolves have been extinct along the Gulf Coast region since 1980, with their last populations found in coastal Louisiana and Texas.

In a new paper, researchers report the rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population on Galveston Island, Texas.