How to Use red wolf in a Sentence

red wolf

noun
  • Guests can expect to see the pups in the zoo’s red wolf habitat in June.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • The red wolf once roamed a huge swath of the eastern United States.
    — Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Nevertheless, recent research shows that red wolves are a unique species.
    — National Geographic, 27 July 2019
  • Deer, bobcats, minks, otters, red wolves and black fox squirrels hide among live oak, palmetto and pine.
    — John Bordsen, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Meanwhile coyotes would breed with red wolves, creating hybrids that watered down the gene pool.
    — Robbie George, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • The new red wolf yard will offer more space for breeding the critically endangered species.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
  • In their heyday, the larger red wolves ruled through intimidation.
    — Darryl Fears, The Denver Post, 3 June 2019
  • Each pup is valuable for the survival of the species and represents hope for the red wolf population overall.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 May 2017
  • Some that were studied were found to have around 70 percent of red wolf DNA while others have less.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The red wolf seems to be predominantly coyote, while coyotes themselves have wolf and dog ancestry.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2011
  • In red wolves, inflammatory bowel disease is common and is not curable.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Still, for researchers, the project marks an important step in preserving what remains of the red wolf's genetic legacy.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Once common across the Southeast, the red wolf had been considered extinct in the wild as of 1980.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2018
  • In 1980, the Fish and Wildlife Service declared red wolves extinct in the wild.
    — Ted Gregory, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • An adorable video posted on Facebook shows the red wolf pups snuggling after making their debut at Zoo Knoxville.
    — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • Breeding programs are seen as critical to ensuring the red wolf population has a future.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The four red wolf pups remaining at the Akron Zoo, three males and one female, are currently living in a den box in a private habitat.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • The site notes that the red wolf was extirpated from Alabama — meaning it was destroyed or completely removed from the state.
    — Nick Patterson, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This article has been corrected to reflect that Eastern and red wolves were descendants rather than ancestors of gray wolves and coyotes.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2019
  • Roberts explained that this matchmaking is especially crucial for species like the red wolf that have extremely small populations.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 June 2022
  • One reason that the red wolf populations declined in the wild is because the animals frequently interbred with coyotes.
    — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Zayn recently posted a video on Instagram with tattoo artist Megan Massacre, who added this red wolf to the middle of his chest.
    — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 5 Jan. 2023
  • These included the aardwolf, Canadian otter, spectacled bear, raccoon, and red wolf.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2012
  • The hall of mammals had sixteen permanent exhibits, which included buffalo, elk, white tail deer, raccoon, badger, red wolf, coyotes and many others.
    — Dallas News, 21 June 2019
  • There are, of course, manatees, as well as other local species, including the endangered Florida panther, red wolf, and whooping crane.
    — Ally Jaksen, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Many have cited the success of red wolf reintroduction as inspiration for creating programs for gray wolves in Wyoming and Arizona.
    — Robbie George, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • The findings suggest that using less lethal strategies to manage coyote populations will enable the red wolf genetic ancestry to persist, even though the species no longer exists in the wild, according to the study.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 June 2022
  • The preliminary ruling comes in a lawsuit filed late last year by red wolf conservation groups in a federal court in North Carolina, the only place in the world where the wolf roams wild outside of zoos or wildlife refuges.
    — Jonathan Drew, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Gray wolves once occupied most of what is now the contiguous United States—basically everywhere except the Southeast (which was red wolf territory).
    — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2020
  • For instance, the center looks at all carcasses of northern sea otters off the Pacific Northwest, North Carolina’s red wolves, and bald eagles nationwide.
    — National Geographic, 6 July 2016

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