The wolf is iconic and charismatic. We see him on t-shirts, on posters, and in fantasy novels. Conservationists do battle with ranchers to preserve populations of wolves. The coyote, on the other hand ...

On June 7 the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced its intention to remove the gray wolf, Canis lupus, from the federal list of threatened and endangered plants and wildlife. Among the first species ...

Central Kentucky is coyote country. But the 33-kilo­gram animal shot by a hunter near Munfordville this spring was definitely not a coyote. Its huge paws, broad snout and massive build suggested that ...

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