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    Climbing Trees Helps Protect These Foxes From Coyotes

    Climbing Trees Helps Protect These Foxes From Coyotes

    Foxes are known for being fast and clever, but one species of fox has another, little-known trait that can help them survive alongside coyotes: gray foxes can climb trees. A new study has found that the presence of trees might help gray foxes survive alongside coyotes in the countryside, and that’s likely because of their […]

    Coyotes Are Poised to Enter South America for the First Time

    Coyotes Are Poised to Enter South America for the First Time

    By Roland Kays The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. THE BIG IDEA: Coyotes are poised to expand their range to a new continent. The North American canine native has now reached the Darién Gap – a dense wilderness on the border of Colombia and Panama, at the very doorstep of […]

    Trump’s EPA Re-Approves ‘Cyanide Bombs’ Deadly to Coyotes, Foxes and Feral Dogs, other Wildlife

    Trump’s EPA Re-Approves ‘Cyanide Bombs’ Deadly to Coyotes, Foxes and Feral Dogs, other Wildlife

    Wildlife advocacy groups cheered when the Trump administration reversed its decision to approve the use of deadly predator traps known as “cyanide bombs” in August. But now the administration has reversed course again. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an interim decision Thursday and approved their use with added safety measures. “This appalling decision leaves […]

    Hunters Compete to Kill as Many Coyotes as Possible From Sunup to Sundown

    Hunters Compete to Kill as Many Coyotes as Possible From Sunup to Sundown

    The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a complaint last week on behalf of a Wyoming resident in an attempt to stop an upcoming coyote-killing contest. The “Wyoming Best of the Best” involves teams of hunters vying to kill as many coyotes as possible from sunup to sundown. Non-hunting participants place bets on the teams they […]