Across North America, coyotes are moving into urban environments, and regardless of how they feel about it, urban residents are having to get used to some new animal neighbors. A big question for wildlife researchers is […]
Coyotes are the most common large predator in the United States. With populations everywhere from Yellowstone National Park to Central Park in New York City, they are highly adaptable creatures. In fact, the Navajo people have […]
A new study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management gives an interesting look at how coyotes impact whitetail numbers. The expansion or recovery of predators can affect local prey populations. Since the 1940s, coyotes (Canis […]
Wild canids are special to me. On the North American front I am particularly fond of red wolves, the coyote and their hybrids the “coywolf”. The red wolf is declared extinct in the wild other than […]
Checking the mail at the box down the street is a daily routine. In fact, I often do it instinctively without really thinking about it so my thought are often on anything but retrieving the stack […]
Can coyotes and other predators actually help boost whitetail deer management? It is always best to look at scientific studies on issues such as these. I would like to examine coyote and other animal predation on […]
The catastrophic flooding hitting the Houston area now due to Hurricane Harvey’s rain bands stalling will push the significant coyote and feral hog population out into the open. The drainage ditch systems as well as the […]
A television documentary featured the sad story of Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell who was killed by coyotes in a park in her native country. The 19-year-old’s tragic death in 2009 via the recent program has […]