There are far more coyotes in Ontario than there were 10 years ago but people shouldn’t worry about their safety when they go outdoors, says a field research scientist, even though a 19-year-old woman died last month after being attacked by two coyotes in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

Bigger than coyotes but smaller than wolves, their howl is high-pitched and their diet includes deer and small rodents.

Farmers depend on hybrid vigor for improved crop yields, as seeds produced from different strains of, say, corn, can lead to superior crops.

When Europeans arrived in North America, there were about 250,000 wolves living in what are now the lower 48 states.

Coyotes — once almost exterminated from Marin County through government-funded poisoning, trapping and snaring programs — are now recolonizing the county and indeed much of the Bay Area.

Although there haven’t been many coyote incidents, Animal Control Officer Judy Burrier has been called by residents who are starting to see them around.

The electric fence didn’t prove a deterrent. Neither did shooting a couple of the interlopers.

If you own a dog, especially a dog that has anointed your favorite rug, you know that an animal is capable of apologizing.

At 6 a.m., Jay Tutchton set out on his daily hunt for the most feared, hated creature in this Denver suburb.

A coyote howling at the full moon — the quintessential image of the American West.

Coyotes and humans have shared the same environment since long before European settlers arrived in North America.

For hundreds of years, ranchers have been forced to address issues of protecting their livestock from natural predators, sometimes in violent and nonselective manners.

On a bright July day about 10 years ago, I set out for a hike on the steep and forested Pacific Crest Trail above the McKenzie River in the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.

Coyotes have become a convenient scapegoat for Maine’s “deer problem.”