A wildlife biologist argues that the canid in eastern North America – known as the eastern coyote, or the coywolf by some – deserves to be classified as a separate species.

WHAT: Eastern Coyote presentation WHEN: 6-8 p.m. July 24 WHERE: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport COST: Free ABOUT THE EVENT: Dominic Noce, an intern … ...

It’s an amazing evolution story happening in our backyards and forests – should this wily canid be called the eastern coyote a ‘coywolf’?

The eastern coyote has a highly mixed ancestry.It was called a canid soup, and the notion that these hybrids could successfully multiply and quickly expand their range was disquieting to many ...

Outdoorsmen and women have long whispered about an elusive critter they call a coydog — an animal that’s part dog and part coyote. These medium- to large-sized canines usually have a coyote’s ...

The sound of the eastern coyote. One of Pennsylvania’s larger and most cunning predators, the eastern coyote can be found throughout the Keystone State.

The coyote has been present in New York state at least since 1920. As with its western cousin, the eastern coyote has been the object of much controversy as well as curiosity.

The large, gray eastern coyote encountered last weekend in New York City by a jogger in Central Park is part wolf, according to biologists.

Red foxes and Eastern coyotes have territories across Nassau and Suffolk counties. But it could be tough to … Continued The post Fox or coyote? It could be hard to tell on Long Island. Read this ...

Environmentalists are excited to see the natural expansion of eastern coyotes to Long Island, where apex predators have been practically nonexistent for the past 150 years. To learn more, WSHU’s ...

Over the past decade, the Eastern Coyote has established itself as Long Island’s top land predator — preying on, and competing with, smaller animals such as mice, rats, red foxes and raccoons ...