A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

In the United States, coyotes can be found in all regions of the country, from deserts and marshes to mountains and urban ...

Studying urban coyotes is interesting and challenging, said Carlen, who has contributed to local coyote research led by partner organizations including the Saint Louis Zoo.

Coyotes are moving into urban locations more and more, and a team of researchers at the University of Georgia is dedicated to learning about how they adapt to city life, challenging what was ...

The Portland Urban Coyote Project has been tracking sightings since 2008, when a “very noticeable coyote” sparked interest in the Alameda neighborhood.

Most urban coyotes are active mainly between dusk and dawn, when they are less visible than in daylight. However, as coyotes grow used to humans and begin to lose their fear of people, they may be ...

Human–coyote (Canis latrans) conflict in urban environments is a growing issue in cities throughout the United States, with the primary problem being the development of problem individuals that are ...

Some words may be mispronounced. Coyotes that were recently spotted in two Cedar Rapids neighborhoods are part of an uptick in the presence of the animals in urban areas.

Mary Ann Bonnell, Stewart W. Breck, Using resident-based hazing programs to reduce human–coyote confl icts in urban environments, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 146-155 ...

Because coyotes are very vocal creatures, they can frighten urban and suburban dwellers. But just because you hear them, it doesn’t mean there’s a coyote problem, Damron said.

It had been hiding in a cooler beneath a selection of fine cheeses. The encounters, while alarming, were not surprising to Dr. Stanley Gehrt, PhD, a researcher with the Urban Coyote Research Project.

Likewise, urban coyotes probably need to be able to digest more starch, as seen in previous research with domestic dogs, which have increased copy numbers of AMY2B, a gene responsible for amylase ...