Considered “sport” and “entertainment” by some, one terrified coyote or fox may be pitted against packs of hound dogs who are released into the pens to pursue the wild animals—domestic canine pitted ...

“Coyotes are a little bit larger than a fox, smaller than a wolf, if you think of a small German Shepherd dog, that’s about the size of a coyote,” Prout said. “It’s a pretty big predator.

But an analysis of their genomes has revealed a surprise: they are all actually one type of wolf, with varying amounts of coyote DNA, a study reported this week (July 27) in Science Advances. “Wolf ...

If you have never seen a coyote before, they resemble a German Shepherd-sized dog. Some mistake the animal for a fox or wolf. But what makes coyotes distinct is their bushy, black-tip tails ...