As hunting, deforestation, and poisoning have decreased the numbers of eastern wolves, the lack of available partners led them to start breeding with western coyotes and dogs to create the hybrid ...

It's vital to deter coyotes from your yard as soon as possible before they no longer fear being near your home ...

"It's painting all hunters in a bad light." Wolves and coyotes are widely disliked in Wyoming, largely because they kill livestock, or game animals like elk and deer that hunters would prefer to ...

Coyotes became more widespread. Coyotes and wolves kind of compete for space. As a consequence, I think foxes kind of took it in the shorts. They ended up being persecuted, so to speak ...

Now we can add something new to the many foods that coyotes eat. For the first time, scientists have captured footage of them hunting harbor seals.

That said, the DNR's own handbook on hunting and trapping regulations notes, "Wolves have been mistakenly shot outside Minnesota's primary wolf range because hunters thought they were coyotes.

Now, however, it is the most endangered canid in the world, and one of the rarest mammals, due to intensive predator control programs, degradation and alteration of its habitat, killing by hunters who ...

There’s a hidden gem in East County…. where a local couple has rescued foxes from the fur industry and helped other rescued ...

Mange isn’t rare and has affected other canids in the state, including coyotes. Hunnicutt said the pack has changed its movement, which may be due to the fact that several of the wolves have ...

Mismanagement, illegal killing, and hybridization with coyotes threaten red wolves with extinction. These wolves used to outcompete coyotes, but when they were pushed out of the wild, the coyotes ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. While eastern wolves require woodlands, coyotes evolved in the open Great Plains of the western U.S. and Canada. Far more adaptable than their close ...