In 2018, researchers tested wild-looking dogs on a Texas island: Their DNA preserved genes from the red wolf, declared extinct in the wild 38 years earlier

Researchers examined two unusual canids from Galveston Island, Texas, in 2018 and found that the animals were not pure red wolves. Their DNA showed a mixture of ancestry, largely associated with coyotes, but they also carried genetic variants linked to red wolves.

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