The hunt for Japan’s ‘ghost’ wolves - BBC
Oct 17, 2019 · Could an apex predator, thought extinct for 100 years, still be roaming the Japanese mountains? Some enthusiasts think they have the evidence.
The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island - The New York Times
Jan 3, 2022 · The Galveston Island canids are not conventional coyotes — at least, not entirely. They carry a ghostly genetic legacy: DNA from red wolves, which were declared extinct in the wild in 1980.
Galveston Island ghost wolves - GULFCOASTCANINEPROJECT.ORG
In October 2023, we learned of a critical threat to the Galveston Island Ghost Wolves. The core habitat of the East Beach pack is slated for development into a sprawling 60-acre Margaritaville resort, a project that stands as one of the largest in eastern Galveston.
Chasing the Tide | Ghosts of Our Past | Episode 3 | PBS
Oct 7, 2024 · Enter the world of the Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island with adventurers Chrissy and Jay Kleberg. Learn what scientists have discovered about the ancestors of the most endangered wolf on the...
Japanese wolf - Wikipedia
The Japanese wolf (Japanese: ニホンオオカミ（日本狼）, Hepburn: Nihon ōkami, or 山犬, yamainu [see below]; Canis lupus hodophilax), also known as the Honshū wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.
'Ghost genes' could save the American red wolf : Short Wave - NPR
Oct 22, 2024 · Two "ghost wolves" — southeastern coyotes that carry a substantial amount of genetics from the critically endangered American Red Wolf — stand in front of some brush.
Hokkaido wolf - Wikipedia
The Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai), also known as the Ezo wolf (Japanese: エゾオオカミ（蝦夷狼）ー, Hepburn: Ezo Ōkami) and in Russia as the Sakhalin wolf, [3] is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf that once inhabited coastal northeast Asia. Its nearest relatives were the wolves of North America rather than Asia.
The ‘Ghost’ Genes of a Nearly Extinct Wolf Live On - The Atlantic
Nov 8, 2019 · A photographer began shooting unusual-looking coyotes on Galveston Island. They turned out to be descended from a very rare wolf species.
Is Japan's Ghost Wolf Still Howling? Photographic and Audio …
Deep in the misty mountains of central Japan, a century-old mystery endures. Against all odds, the Japanese wolf, officially declared extinct in 1905, may still roam the wilderness – if the determined efforts of one man and the tantalizing evidence he’s gathered are to be believed.
DNA from extinct red wolves lives on in some mysterious Texas coyotes
Feb 4, 2019 · Since the red wolves — and thus their DNA— were thought to be extinct in the wild, the researchers dubbed the stretches of red wolf DNA “ghost alleles.”